Gettysburg's Grip

by | May 16, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

In a few weeks, an estimated 4 million visitors are expected to descend upon the picturesque southern Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg, which has a population of less than 8,000. They’re coming by the millions to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of...

Obama's Legacy? Scandal

by | May 15, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

The Obama scandals started piling up on top of each other in the last few days. The civil servants who testified on Benghazi were heartbreaking. Then the IRS admitted a punitive agenda against tax exemptions for groups with “tea party” in the name or...

The Southern Drawl on Film

by | May 14, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

“There are things you can get away with in this world, and things you can’t.” The voice is Matthew McConaughey’s, and days after seeing him in “Mud,” I can close my eyes and hear him still — a simple line echoing with the mysteries...

News from Around the South, 5/6 – 5/13

by | May 13, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Mississippi: Civil War Letters Going Home JACKSON, Miss. — Richard Bridges seemed like a typical college student in his letters home. He tells family members he may need more money and clothes, talks about hanging out with friends and sounds a little homesick. But...
Mother Love

Mother Love

by | May 10, 2013 | Archive, Southern Partisan

My daughter was born on Mother’s Day, 23 years ago. It was the happiest day of my life — matched only, almost three years later, by the birth of my son. I had never felt such love before. Hooray for Hallmark. Years passed. My own mother died. My daughter went...