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Our Hidden History: A Response to The New Yorker

RSM founder Wayne Franklin responds to the portrayal of this site in a recent column by George Packer of the New Yorker.

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The Shiloh Schoolhouse is said to have been built sometime in the late 1800s. Moved from its original site, today the decaying structure sits in the middle of a cattle pasture near Starr, S.C.

Echoes of Shiloh: Historic School Decays in Cattle Pasture

I stumbled upon this haunting echo of the Old South while driving the back roads near Starr, S.C.

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We didn’t secede from the Internet! (Catching up on some Real Southern News)

Now … what have we missed while we’ve been away? Oh, yeah! The world came to an end one Tuesday in November … or was saved from itself …

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Do We Still Deserve the 2nd Amendment?

While we were on hiatus this summer, it seems the whole country, rather than taking time to go to the beach, the mountains, and Disneys both Land and World, went completely and totally insane.

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Beyond Healthcare: 12 Other Things That Deserve an Individual Mandate

We’re not concerned about the politics of yesterday. We’re looking ahead toward tomorrow and where this bold new precedent could take us.

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Beyond the CSA: 12 Extinct Nations of the South, pt. 1

Until the late 19th century, the South was a virtual breeding ground for failed nations, nation-states and republics? Here’s a quick run-down of some of the highlights … or low-lights, as they were:

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Heat Makes Yankees Crazy (or Why the Zombie Apocalypse is Starting in Florida)

Is this the beginning of a zombie apocalypse? Hardly. Crazy has been commonplace in the dangly half of Florida for as long as most of us can remember.

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