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Evolution Embraced in Dixie
November 5th, 2008 at 5:02 pm » Comments (0)
Cultural evolution will have to suffice for the present. The southern Atlantic seaboard is a remarkable sight to behold this morning. Barack Obama has demonstrated his broad appeal from the outskirts ...more »Ty Cobb: All-American
June 27th, 2008 at 8:45 pm » Comments (5)
Baseball "historian" Daniel Okrent righteously denounced American icon and baseball great Ty Cobb in Ken Burns’ Baseball miniseries: “Cobb is the great black mark on the history of baseball … he ...more »Curt Flood: American Hero
June 23rd, 2008 at 12:55 am » Comments (0)
He could have contented himself with stardom, but he had to go out and try to break the last great American monopoly, Major League Baseball. "I am pleased that God made ...more »Minions of the Millennium
April 30th, 2008 at 2:56 pm » Comments (1)
Recent news in the Baha'i world of "mass teaching" efforts remind me of one of my favorite songs from childhood. It was a Baha'i-ified traditional C-major tune with an occasional ...more »Drifting Southward
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:20 pm » Comments (0)
Old Jacksonboro Road crosses the Savannah Highway within a half hour of Charleston. The name for this intersection is Jericho. It was once the name of a community. Today it ...more »The Gastronomist
March 30th, 2008 at 7:17 pm » Comments (0)
As soon as the Adroushans arrived in the Frogmore, the Judge leased some office space in nearby Beaufort, where he planned to start a new legal practice. Mrs. Adroushan spearheaded ...more »The Two Souths
December 5th, 2006 at 4:46 pm » Comments (0)
We had moved to South Carolina or South Africa four times by the time I turned fifteen. During those four stints, we lived in seven different towns. The principal motive ...more »Born free
December 5th, 2006 at 6:20 am » Comments (0)
Dad's blind, so it shouldn't surprise anybody that he never was much for playing catch or bicycling with the kids, but you'd be surprised what he was willing to try ...more »King of the World
December 3rd, 2006 at 9:39 pm » Comments (0)
The Bahá'í Faith drove many of the big decisions in our family, and I'm certain that much of Mom and Dad's time was dedicated to the Faith, yet I can't ...more »My Black Catholic Heritage
December 3rd, 2006 at 5:16 pm » Comments (0)
There is a community just outside of Walterboro, South Carolina, known informally as "Catholic Hill", with a remarkable history. Back in 1856, well before Emancipation, a Catholic church building burned ...more »