News from Around the South, 11/2-11/9

News from Around the South, 11/2-11/9

by | Nov 9, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

South Carolina: Civil War Artist Depicts CSS  Hunley Launch COLUMBIA — The job of every historian is to gather as much information as possible, then fill in the blanks. Most do the filling with words. Mort Kunstler uses brush strokes. Kunstler, recognized as one of...
Republican Civil War?

Republican Civil War?

by | Nov 8, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

“If the Republican Party cannot win in this environment,” declared conservative luminary George Will in September, “it has to get out of politics and find another business.” Fox News host and Tea Party darling Laura Ingraham agreed, telling Republicans, “if you can’t...
Obiter Dicta

Obiter Dicta

by | Nov 7, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

MEDIA CAMPAIGN DREADFUL Throughout the very long presidential election cycle, two trends remained consistent. The media lauded Obama no matter how horrendous his record, and they savaged Obama’s Republican contenders as ridiculous pretenders. From the start of...
More Government

More Government

by | Nov 7, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Get ready for four more years of Big Bloated Government. Hurricane Sandy didn’t help. The New York Times declared “a big storm requires big government,” and my liberal neighbors agreed. My science-challenged mayor, Michael Bloomberg, said the storm...