Former Republican Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas was fond of telling a story about his time stumping for educational change. [...]
News From Around the South 4/16 to 4/23
SOUTH CAROLINA: Mother Suing S.C. Secessionist Party After Children Photographed Holding Confederate Flags
A North Charleston mother is suing the Secessionist [...]
Apr24
SHAG-A-DOO-LA. Those of us who write about the Civil War for fun (rarely for profit) get our ideas from any number of sources. One never knows when or how some inspiration will occur. Driving to the store recently, I heard Leslie Gore’s great song from 1963, “She’s a Fool,” with that male background chorus chanting, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Europeans: Southern Accent Sexiest
Southern Belle on the veranda at Dunleith Plantation, Natchez, Mississippi.
The sexiest European accent, in my honest and well-honed opinion, is British, followed by Irish, followed by French, followed by Spanish, followed by Danish, followed [...]
The Politics of Southern Accents
Jeff Sessions speaking at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC. (Photo credit: Gage Skidmore)
Candidates with a Southern accent are viewed more negatively — even in the SouthNew research indicates that Americans are less [...]