No restraints

by | Sep 20, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

We live in a vicious world. It took about one hour before the Russians started gloating about the Washington Navy Yard massacre. Alexei Pushkov, chairman of a foreign affairs committee in the Russian parliament, tweeted: “A new shootout at Navy headquarters in...

Top 10 Literary Cities of the South

by | Sep 18, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Trish Foxwell’s A Visitor’s Guide to the Literary South is an essential companion for anyone traveling through the South who also happens to love books. Foxwell picked some of the region’s best literary spots for Tip Sheet. Stretching from Virginia...
Lindsey's Plan for War with Iran

Lindsey's Plan for War with Iran

by | Sep 17, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

This summer produced a triumph of American patriotism. A grassroots coalition arose to demand Congress veto any war on Syria. Congress got the message and was ready to vote no to war, when President Obama seized upon Vladimir Putin’s offer to work together to...

News from Around the South 9/11 to 9/16

by | Sep 16, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Alabama: Selma Moves Forward with Plans to Sell Confederate Circle SELMA, Ala. — The Selma City Council took a step toward solving a 136-year-old question of ownership Tuesday evening. The council voted 4-1 to begin the process of selling an acre of land in Old...

The Advantage of Place

by | Sep 13, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

From an interview with Walker Percy: You don’t consider yourself a Southern writer, then? I’m not sure that I do. If I were in Colorado or New York, I would be writing something different. Really? I think what we’re stuck with in the South, and what’s of value, are...