The Real Reason for “Civil War” Monuments

by | Feb 20, 2020 | Ernest Blevins

  In 2016, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released the “Whose Heritage?” report on the Confederate symbols in the United States. This report had one thesis: The Confederate monuments, memorials, and namesakes were erected during the “Jim Crow” era to...

George E. McCain, Sr., Obituary

by | Feb 18, 2020 | The Standard

George E. McCain, Sr. West Columbia- George Edward McCain, Sr., 88, passed away peacefully at Lexington Medical Center, surrounded by his family on Sunday, February 16, 2020. He is now with his heavenly Father. George was the son of William A. and Carrie B. McCain....

Rabidly Blue Avant Garde Reds are Taking Over

by | Feb 18, 2020 | Sidney Secular

As Virginia turns blue, we can view its political transformation as a sort of template for a slow motion French Revolution spreading across the fruited plain. At this point in US history, amidst the daily cacophony of blustering and phony confrontation between the two...

“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil…”

by | Feb 18, 2020 | Michael Reed

“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”   “The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.” “If you board the wrong train, it is no use...