by editor | Nov 8, 2018 | Archive, Southern Partisan
It was almost unsettling to wake up the morning after the election and realize it turned out pretty much as we expected. There were, of course, some individual surprises, but nothing on the seismic shock scale of 2016. For months, it had been expected that Democrats...
by editor | Nov 6, 2018 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Department of Veterans Affairs staff members demanded last week that a high-ranking official remove from his office a painting titled “No Surrender,” which depicted a Confederate general atop a horse, riding across a snowy battlefield. In a petition, workers explained...
by editor | Nov 6, 2018 | Archive, Southern Partisan
In describing the GOP tax cuts, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said that they and bonuses American workers were getting were “crumbs.” They were “tax cuts for the rich.” Some argued that the tax cuts would reduce revenues. Pelosi predicted,...
by editor | Nov 6, 2018 | Archive, Southern Partisan
FLORIDA: Voters to Decide if Confederate Flag Flies DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Fla. – There is controversy at the pole but, this time, quite literally. On this upcoming ballot, Walton County residents will be asked about flying a certain flag. On Tuesday it will be up to...
by editor | Oct 31, 2018 | Archive, Southern Partisan
COLUMBUS, Miss. — Gary Lancaster leaned over the computer set out in Friendship Cemetery among clusters of land surveying equipment the afternoon of Oct. 12. On the screen in front of him was a rough underground map of the grave sites of about 1,000 soldiers who died...