by editor | Dec 31, 2018 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Not long ago people protesting public displays of Confederate flags in various states would say that such relics of a bygone era belong not on flagpoles but in museums. Now the folks at the Lynchburg Museum have to decide if that is literally true. Last month the...
by editor | Dec 31, 2018 | Archive, Southern Partisan
SOUTH CAROLINA: Business Owner Asks Judge to Let Him Remove Confederate Flag ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — The lawyer for a South Carolina restaurant owner who wants to get rid of a Confederate flag in front of his business says it is a historical display in an area only...
by editor | Dec 27, 2018 | Archive, Southern Partisan
My New Year’s resolution: Make a careful distinction between speech and violence. America’s First Amendment says “yes” to most speech, including speech that criticizes, insults — even speech that promotes hate. But the law applies only to...
by editor | Dec 26, 2018 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Southerners are split on what to do with controversial monuments to Civil War and segregation-era figures. Most want to do something about the monuments. But they don’t agree on what, according to a new poll by Winthrop University. Forty-two percent of Southerners...
by editor | Dec 26, 2018 | Archive, Southern Partisan
What if Christmas is a core value of belief in a personal God who lived among us and His freely given promise of eternal salvation that no believer should reject or apologize for? What if Christmas is the rebirth of Christ in the hearts of all believers? What if...