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July 9, 2015

U.S. House votes to ban Confederate flags at federal cemeteries on Dem amendment voice vote

House moves to ban Confederate flags at Vicksburg cemetery The House has voted to ban the display of Confederate flags at historic federal cemeteries in the deep South… …The proposal by California Democrat Jared Huffman would block the Park Service from allowing private groups from decorating the graves of southern soldiers with Confederate flags in…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
July 9, 2015

NASH questions the Stennis-as-Statesman label

Jere Nash: Was Stennis really a ‘statesman’? To my mind, a “statesman” is someone who puts his career at risk by taking positions on public policies that may not sit well with a majority of the voters. Stennis never did that. Even though Bill makes the point that Stennis “was virtually alone among state political…