For a century after slavery, white historians still managed to write the history of this nation, including the Civil War, with hardly a mention of slavery or the presence of black people.

Feds say "Monkey Island" residents in good health

Teen fed up with gas prices rides horse to school

and other regional news briefs.

Mind Your Own G-D Business abouth Five Points South project

5 Points Confidential returns with a vengeance (sorry, we were off for the last few months researching a novel about writer’s block), and also a question:

Who best should decide what is and isn’t good for the merchants and customers who populate our fair neighborhood?I see you all drawing in your breath to bloviate accordingly—but let me save you the trouble, because, as any decent interlocutor should, I already know the answer to my probing and urgent query:

Fluoridation’s dirty little secret

If the benefits to teeth from fluoridated water are hard to find, the damage done to teeth by fluoridated water is easy to see – literally.