“This weekend’s desecration at Hollywood Cemetery is morally wrong,” Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney says regarding the March 12 vandalism. “Disturbing final resting places is contemptible, criminal and will not be tolerated.” Huh. Those are some pretty disingenuous statements considering the caustic comments made by the duplicitous mayor about razing the city’s many Southern monuments which …
Month: March 2021
The above feature photo (taken when visiting Hollywood Cemetery in July 2017) captures the irony of Richmond’s continual and nearly complete reconstruction. It’s a city in a state that depended upon the James River as a lifeline for establishing and building American civilization. Yet, the river seems not to “wash away all sins,” as the …
Today my guest is Betsy Ball Clark, who is a natural, holistic-health entrepreneur and advocate. She owns Betsy’s Botanicals, which sells handcrafted elderberry syrup and other products for good health and flourishing. She is also secretary of Heal NC, the Health Empowerment Action League of North Carolina. This organization aims to strengthen regional communities by …
Robert E. Lee wanted to make “the struggling Washington College [now Washington & Lee University] … a place for young Southerners to learn and to become good citizens,” wrote Anne Wilson Smith in her new book, “Robert E. Lee: A History Book for Kids.” Yet, real education and civic responsibility are under attack like never …
By Earl Starbuck “Acts of congress, to be binding, must be made pursuant to the constitution; otherwise they are not laws, but a mere nullity.” — St. George Tucker “There is no danger I apprehend so much as the consolidation of our government by the noiseless, and therefore unalarming instrumentality of the Supreme Court.” — …