Left Behind

Left Behind

by | Sep 10, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

According to a new poll by The Hill newspaper in Washington, D.C., 54 percent of likely voters believe President Obama does not deserve another term based on his economic record. With rising gas prices once again punishing working Americans and with fear in the air...
What I Ask of Romney and Obama

What I Ask of Romney and Obama

by | Sep 6, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

The Republican Convention ended on the theme “Believe in America.” That sounded nice, but it was just another platitude. Mitt Romney’s speech was filled with platitudes: “We will honor America’s democratic ideals. … We’re...
Did Northern Aggression Cause Civil War?

Did Northern Aggression Cause Civil War?

by | Sep 5, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

By James Oakes, Jacobin/salon.com On 6 November 1860, the six-year-old Republican Party elected its first president. During the tense crisis months that followed – the “secession winter” of 1860–61 – practically all observers believed that Lincoln and the Republicans...