by editor | Jan 15, 2026 | Archive, Obiter Dicta, Southern Partisan
In a scene in Robert Bolt’s famous play “A Man for All Seasons,” about the treason trial of St. Thomas More, More argues with the attorney general of Wales about the law. The attorney general says he’d cut down all the laws in England to get to...
by editor | Jan 14, 2026 | Archive, Homepage, Southern Partisan
The tribe’s ancestors built the Noquisiyi Mound roughly 1,000 years ago. Jordan Oocumma grew up hearing stories of the mound. His grandparents imbued his childhood with tales about the strip of land at the center of a Cherokee town built by their ancestors more than...
by editor | Jan 14, 2026 | Archive, Southern Partisan
In my childhood years, I got to experience something I’ve cherished ever since: starry nights. I was lucky to spend time during the summers on my Aunt Eula’s and Uncle Ernest’s tenant farm in Northeast Texas. With no TV or electronics, we made our...
by editor | Jan 14, 2026 | Archive, CSA, Southern Partisan
SOUTH CAROLINA: New S.C. license plate honors Revolutionary War history COLUMBIA – Beginning Jan. 1, South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles will issue a newly designed standard license plate that commemorates the state’s pivotal role in the American...
by editor | Jan 8, 2026 | Archive, Southern Partisan
The United States invasion of Venezuela and kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro, the domestically recognized Venezuelan president, violated the U.S. Constitution and international law. The Constitution makes clear that only Congress can authorize a foreign invasion. In the...