Maybe weve been brainwashed by 130 years of Yankee history, but Southern identity now has more to do with food, accents, manners, music than the Confederate past. Its something thats open to both races, a variety of ethnic groups and people who move here. – John Shelton Reed
Not all intelligence can be artificial now, so if we make a mistake, the consequences are no longer simply located within an institution or a national culture. – William Irwin Thompson
