The South in the Mind

by | Mar 19, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Whether you’re partial to images or prose, attempt to capture the American South and you will soon find yourself deep in a thicket of contradiction. And there, not least among your struggles will be the very challenge of defining where exactly it is that you’ve wound...

News from Around the South 3/12 – 3/17

by | Mar 18, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan

SOUTH CAROLINA: Museum Offers Free Online Exhibit of Female Civil War-Era Artist The South Carolina State Museum unveiled a new exhibit Saturday, which will be available free online, featuring the work of Addie Sims, a South Carolina artist who worked during the Civil...
War on Women

War on Women

by | Mar 11, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan

You’ve probably heard that Democratic Party leaders decided that a way to win votes this November is to shout loudly that Republicans wage “war on women.” Politico calls this a “proven, persuasive argument.” Give me a break. The idea of a...

News from Around the South 3/3 – 3/10

by | Mar 10, 2014 | Archive, Southern Partisan

SOUTH CAROLINA: Archaeologists Race to Uncover Civil War Prison COLUMBIA, S.C. – Racing against time, South Carolina archaeologists are digging to uncover the remnants of a Civil War-era prisoner-of-war camp before the site in downtown Columbia is cleared to...