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The Scottish question is important in homeland
An English Rose in Georgia
Lesley Francis - SBF
Many people in the United States might not be aware that a hot political topic in the land of my birth (other than whether Princess Catherine is pregnant again, of course) is that of Scottish independence. In less than a month, on Sept. 18, there will be a vote among all Scottish people about whether to separate from the United Kingdom and strike out alone after 307 years of union with the rest of Great Britain.Scotland is about the size of South Carolina, and includes 787 Scottish islands. It currently comprises the northern third of the land mass of today’s Great Britain.
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Jeff Whitten: Talking (and driving) in circles
Jeff Whitten
I bumped into a neighbor of mine the other day and we got to talking. “I don’t get this Juneteenth holiday,” he said. “What are we celebrating?”
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