John C. Calhoun: Protector of Minorities?
John C. Calhoun on Capitol Hill, 2015Credit.Zach Gibson/The New York Times
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By Robert Elder
Coming so soon after a neoconfederate mob rampaged through the Capitol, a respectful biography of the ideological father of the Confederacy may feel as welcome as an exhumed corpse. But the young historian Robert Elder has given us just that in “Calhoun” an illuminating account of the life of the notorious white supremacist as well as his complex afterlife in American political culture.
John C. Calhoun was a zealous defender of slavery. His name has lately been stripped from a residential college at Yale (his alma mater) and from a lake in Minnesota named in his honor when he was secretary of war. His monument in Charleston a glowering bronze figure in a cloak spread like eagle wings atop an obelisk has been removed to an undisclosed location, as if in a witness protection program.
7 Cowboys draft targets who flew under the radar at the Senior Bowl
Some diamonds stayed in the rough this week at the Senior Bowl.
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The Senior Bowl wrapped up on Saturday with the game after a week of practices, during which several players set themselves apart from everyone else. But while the Senior Bowl is most notable for giving seniors entering the draft a chance to boost their draft stock, it also features some very talented players that, for whatever reason, fly under the radar.
This allows teams to find guys in the later rounds that blossom into stars, or at least frequent contributors, because NFL front offices put too much stock into Senior Bowl performances. These seven players, who could potentially be targets for the Cowboys, fit into that category.
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Robert Elder competes in the archery competition at the Faleata Sports Field in Samoa on Friday, July 12, 2019. Picture: JONACANI LALAKOBAU
Top Fiji archers vying to book an Olympic Games spot begin on their final route to cement a placing next week. George Fong and Robert Elder, will compete in a total of seven national events beginning on February 7.
“World Archery Fiji will focus on national tournaments as qualifying events after the cancellation of the Oceania tournament which was supposed to be held last year,” said team Fiji chef de mission Patrick Bower.
“Both George Fong and Robert Elder are vying to represent Fiji and have yet to achieve their Minimum Qualifying Score (MQS) to travel to Tokyo.
Andy Mikula, Correspondent
WRESTLING
Five Flagler Palm Coast wrestlers placed and the Bulldogs took seventh in team points at the Cradle Cancer Invitational at Jensen Beach on Jan. 8 and 9.
Kyle Peacock led the FPC squad with a second-place finish in the 160-pound class. He pinned his first round opponent in 49 seconds and then picked up wins by decision in the next two, including a 3-0 win in the bracket semi-finals. He was defeated 6-2 in the championship match by Riley Orr of Fort Pierce Central.
Marcelo Gonzalez was third in the 180-pound class and pinned four of five opponents, including a squash in 39 seconds in the quarterfinals and a 4:54 win to take the third place. Garrick Schwartz (195) was 3-2 including a 4-2 win in overtime sudden victory in the consolation bracket semi-final and Seth Davis (285) was 3-2 with a pin and two decisions. Both upperweights took fourth place. Kole Hannant (113) was fifth, going 3-2 with pins in all three of his victories.
Andy Mikula, Correspondent
WRESTLING
Flagler Palm Coast upperweight Garrick Schwartz was a champion and nine other Bulldog wrestlers placed at the Danny Byron Invitational Dec. 12 at Kissimmee Osceola.
Schwartz, who wrestles at 195, was 3-0 with three pinfalls in the tournament and earned the championship by defeating his wrestling room sparring partner in the round robin final. Dalton Schell placed second and had two wins before being pinned at the 1:47 mark of the head-to-head match by Schwartz.
Most of FPC’s wrestlers, including Schwartz and Schell, were entered in the Blue Division of the tournament, which attracted wrestlers from 19 schools, including five from Georgia. FPC also had three Gold and one entry in the White Division.