News from Around the South for Week of 8/20-8/26
Alabama: Monument to Civil War General Sparks Controversy By Miranda Leitsinger, NBC News The renovation of a monument honoring a Civil War Confederate general, who was the first “Grand Wizard” of the Ku Klux Klan, is once more creating controversy in...
Ignorant Rape Comments No Surprise
It’s not easy to find the precise adjective to best describe Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin’s comments about “legitimate rape” and the female body having “ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” “Ignorant”...
Are You an Extremist?
After Rep. Paul Ryan was announced as Mitt Romney’s running mate, it took less than 24 hours for The New York Times to define Ryan as an “extremist.” In a lead editorial, the paper bannered this sub-headline: “With no plan of his own, Mr....
Review: A Defense of Dixie
Editor’s note: Following is an excellent review from the Wall Street Journal of the South-bashing book “Better Off Without ‘Em, a Northern Manifesto for Southern Secession” by Chuck Thompson, Simon and Schuster, 312 pages, $25. By Barton...Recent Posts
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