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Sharon Kennedy: Shelby Foote and the great compromise
The Sault News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoFoote’s Great Compromise was based on faulty assumptions. Let’s hope our Constitution has an unshakable, rock solid foundation and a second Civil War will be avoided.
Voices: Jesse Watters’ mother just summed up everything wrong with Fox News
The Independent via Yahoo News· 11 months agoLast night, I was at an Irish pub in Derry. I hadn’t realized it was an Irish pub at first – I’m an...
Historian 'loved' Andrew Jackson project that's bringing honors to University of Tennessee
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoAndrew Jackson was a president who was quite visible because of his decisive actions that brought...
Here's how Indianapolis doctor Alicia Schaffer did on 'Jeopardy!'
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIndianapolis physician Alicia Schaffer was nervous, she said, right before cameras zoomed in to...
The unlikely podcaster: How this Dallas man became America’s foremost history teller
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoLindsay Graham likes to say “before his career in politics,” he worked in the marketing department...
Ron DeSantis won the debate, but Nikki Haley may have cracked the code to beat Trump
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 5 months agoDonald Trump did not win the Republican debate on Wednesday night, though it was popular for pundits...
Memphis all-star group Salo Pallini releases concept album for Kurt Vonnegut novel
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn 1958, author Kurt Vonnegut began work on his second book, a comic sci-fi novel called “The Sirens...
New biography of Althea Gibson highlights Black tennis star's Wilmington years
Star News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoShe is possibly the single most famous graduate of Wilmington's Williston High School. Althea...
Cormac McCarthy Was American Lit’s Lyrical Lone Wolf
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPhoto Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyCormac McCarthy was American literature’s most famous lone wolf. While neither hermit nor...
James Lee Burke talks about Clete Purcel, the Civil War and more
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 12 months agoWhen I ask author James Lee Burke whether the rumor is true that he’s finally written a novel devoted to his brawling, beloved character Clete Purcel, he laughs heartily and pumps his fists ...
