Traumatized Syrians go online for mental health care

This ABC story lifts the curtain just a little on the effect of war on Syrians. Here’s a timeline of the Syrian civil war, up through May.

Why do we keep lying to children?

Sherry sends a story about Texas education policy, from the Washington Post. So, really: How do you teach the Civil War while only lightly touching on slavery? How many more generations will be taught that states’ rights — not slavery — was the issue? Because let me tell you, once those children grow up and …

On leading tours through a Southern plantation

A 100 years ago, I went to Savannah with a friend. We both had always wanted to go — for me, I’d wanted to see the lush city since reading “Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil” — but what I found at the actual town was a white-washed (literally) view of the Old …

Taking down the flag is only a first step

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, reversing an earlier stance, has called for removing the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds, after a white suspect shot and killed nine people in a historic black church in that state last week. Here’s a quote from her announcement on Monday: “For many people in our state, the flag stands …