by RIS Secure | Sep 18, 2019 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Spend any amount of time talking about slavery on the internet, and you’ll eventually encounter the claim that there were “black Confederates” that fought for the South. “Over the past few decades, claims to the existence of anywhere between 500 and 100,000 black...
by RIS Secure | Sep 17, 2019 | Archive, Southern Partisan
“Iran has launched an unprecedented attack on the world’s energy supply,” declared Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Putting America’s credibility on the line, Pompeo accused Iran of carrying out the devastating attack on Saudi oil facilities...
by RIS Secure | Sep 16, 2019 | Archive, Southern Partisan
VIRGINIA: Solar Proposal Next to Civil War Battlefield Raises Concerns They all valued the land — thousands of rolling acres of agricultural turf in Culpeper County, Va. — but for very different reasons. Energy company Cricket Solar saw it as a host site for more than...
by RIS Secure | Sep 12, 2019 | Archive, Southern Partisan
In 1791, when Congressman James Madison was drafting the first 10 amendments to the Constitution — which would become known as the Bill of Rights — he insisted that the most prominent amendment among them restrain the government from interfering with the freedom of...
by RIS Secure | Sep 11, 2019 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Sure, there are great small towns in other parts of the country, but in terms of history, character, scenic beauty, and local color (i.e., quirky but in a good way), the South is tough to beat. Small Southern towns make great getaways because they’re manageable, just...