by editor | Nov 10, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Recently, this column offered a critical analysis of the state secrets privilege. Last week, the government twice brought it to new lows. Here is the backstory. A legal privilege is the ability of a party in litigation to keep a communication from the court and...
by editor | Nov 7, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan
GEORGIA: Who Will Run Georgia’s Confederate-Themed Stone Mountain Park? Stone Mountain, Ga. — The only bidder for management of Georgia’s Confederate-themed, state-owned Stone Mountain Park is a new firm created by an official of the company that’s pulling out,...
by editor | Nov 4, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan
During the past three weeks, some unexpected government events occurred, exposing more government crimes and lies. In the Supreme Court, the Department of Justice claimed that while the government knows about torture during the presidency of George W. Bush,...
by editor | Nov 3, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Many of Tuscaloosa’s most important and influential early citizens, including five veterans of the American Revolution, are buried in Greenwood Cemetery on Stillman Boulevard. The Chief Tuskaloosa Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution has worked to...
by editor | Nov 2, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan
“Colossal Stakes as Leaders Meet to Talk Climate,” ran the headline. “The Last Best Hope,” ran the subhead, which turned out to be a quote from President Joe Biden’s climate czar John Kerry. But these alarmist headings were not atop an...
by editor | Nov 1, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan
NORTH CAROLINA: New Monument Honors Black Civil War Soldiers In the early 1900s, two Civil War memorials — both honoring the Confederacy — were erected in the busy downtown district of Wilmington, N.C. They were meant largely to send a message of intimidation to...