Several years ago, when I was new to this newspaper writing business, I wrote a column about the pillaging of the South. No, not by General Sherman during the War of North Aggression but in present day by folks who dislike everything linked to the Confederacy. Five years ago, when my blood was a tad vinegary, I raised a stink about our local school board banning the song Dixie from being played at football games. I wrote about statues of Southern heroes being removed from parks and the names of ...