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The defendant admitting pulled down the Confederate general's memorial obelisk by tethering it to a truck.

The defendant admitting pulled down the Confederate general's memorial obelisk by tethering it to a truck.

PENSIONERS are delighted to be back on the road and at the heart of their community club again after lockdown.

You can guess the reasons why. Fairfax County has named Robert E. Lee High school after civil rights icon John Lewis. Alexandria has renamed two schools. Hampton is renaming five schools that were previously named after either slaveowners, Confederates or segregationists. The College of William and Mary has renamed three buildings. The state community college system is renaming schools bearing the names of Lord Fairfax, John Tyler, Thomas Nelson and wants to change Patrick Henry and Dabney S. Lancaster. All this has come within the past few months. We don’t have space to list all the sch...

The world is a little more back to normal. Minor league baseball is back. The Lynchburg Hillcats opened their season last week, although there is no more Carolina League. Major League Baseball has taken full control of the minor leagues and reorganized them, relegating some to amateur status (such as the league that Pulaski, Danville, Bristol and Bluefield play in) and eliminating others altogether. In all, 42 teams — 42 communities — found themselves left out of the new minor league system. That’s the real cancel culture. The Hillcats now play in something called Low A East, a...