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Charleston Slave Badge Named Among World’s Top Archaeological Discoveries

by editor | Dec 22, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A small yet profound object tied to slavery and unearthed by a team of researchers and students at the College of Charleston this spring has been named one of the top discoveries of the year by Archaeology Magazine. Found on the site of a...

What To Do About That Russian Ultimatum

by editor | Dec 21, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan

“Get off our front porch. Get out of our front yard. And stay out of our backyard.” This might stand as a crude summary of two draft security pacts Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei A. Ryabkov delivered last week as Russia’s price for resolving the...

News From Around The South 12/13 to 12/20

by editor | Dec 20, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan

ALABAMA: Hearing set on bid to dismiss suit over Confederate memorial TUSKEGEE, Ala. — A hearing is set for early next year on a bid by a Confederate heritage group to dismiss a lawsuit over the land where a rebel monument stands in the middle of mostly black...

Taking Christmas Seriously

by editor | Dec 16, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan

We all know that God works in mysterious ways. Last weekend, two friends and I were deeply moved when we saw a theatrical production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” This is the famous and popular tale of the transformation and redemption of...

Pennsylvania Revises Confederate Markers, Recasts Forces As ‘Enemy’ Soldiers

by editor | Dec 15, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan

After removing a trio of Confederate historical markers an hour west of Gettysburg, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission has replaced two with significant revisions that view Confederate milestones through a more critical lens. The McConnellsburg, Fulton...

Are Autocrats Always Adversaries

by editor | Dec 14, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan

When did the political systems of 193 nations become the business of the government of the United States? And who elected us Americans to write the moral code for the regimes that rule other lands? Consider: On taking office, President Joe Biden pledged to center his...