by editor | Feb 23, 2022 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Though the fighting stopped nearly 157 years ago, the American Civil War is still much on people’s minds. “Studying the Civil War is more important now than ever,” Caroline Janney said. “It was a period when our democracy was truly under attack, when one section of...
by editor | Feb 22, 2022 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Not so long ago, Democrats seemed the party of the future. “Inevitable!” predicted some pundits, for demography is destiny. Moreover, in 2020, Democrats, who had won the popular vote six times in seven presidential elections, swept the popular vote again,...
by editor | Feb 22, 2022 | Archive, Southern Partisan
SOUTH CAROLINA: SC Attorney General Threatens Lawsuit After Robert E. Lee Marker Removed By Charleston S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson is threatening to sue the city of Charleston after a marker celebrating Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was quietly removed from a...
by editor | Feb 16, 2022 | Archive, Southern Partisan
In the past month, this column has twice addressed the unbridled propensity of federal intelligence agencies to spy on Americans without search warrants as required by the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. These agencies believe that the Fourth Amendment —...
by editor | Feb 16, 2022 | Archive, Southern Partisan
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama welcomes visitors at the “First White House of the Confederacy,” a historic home next to the state Capitol where Confederate President Jefferson Davis lived with his family in the early months of the Civil War. The museum managed by the...
by editor | Feb 15, 2022 | Archive, Southern Partisan
For two years, Americans have been partially or entirely deprived of fundamental freedoms — of assembly, speech, religious liberty, making a living, a child’s right to an education, access to early treatment for a potentially deadly virus, and more — for the...