Friday, President Donald Trump met in New Jersey with his national security advisers and envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, who is negotiating [...]
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GEORGIA: State Democrats Embrace Slavery Reparations Proposal
ATLANTA — Two of the top Democrats seeking Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat in 2020 [...]
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Dec31
Do CSA Flags Really Belong in Museums?
on December 31st, 2018 at 12:12 pmPosted In: Archive, Southern Partisan
Not long ago people protesting public displays of Confederate flags in various states would say that such relics of a bygone era belong not on flagpoles but in museums. Now the folks at the Lynchburg Museum have to decide if that is literally true. Last month the Museum’s advisory board expressed concerns about plans to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jan02
Why Jefferson Davis Was Loathed in Confederacy He Led
on January 2nd, 2019 at 10:03 pmPosted In: Archive, Southern Partisan
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie has long been fascinated by the Confederacy, which his ancestors fought for during the Civil War. For years, he belonged to the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a group that defends public displays of Confederate symbols. And he used to attend the annual memorial ceremonies in Washington to mark the birthday […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jan02
Who Will Take On President Trump?
on January 2nd, 2019 at 10:07 pmPosted In: Archive, Southern Partisan
WASHINGTON — Did you follow the press in 2018? Apparently, most members of the press do not like our president, Donald J. Trump. Many of them think he is a tyrant in the making. Others think he is stupid and a tyrant in the making. They believe he is likely to be beaten in 2020. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jan09
News from Around the South 12/31/19 to 1/7/19
on January 9th, 2019 at 6:46 pmPosted In: Archive, Southern Partisan
TEXAS: Sons of Confederate Veterans Gain Charter FORT STOCKTON, TX. — The removal or destruction of historical monuments with ties to the Civil War-era Confederacy has stirred debate and protest in many parts of America. Amid the controversy, Pecos County recently saw the Iraan-based Judge Roy Bean Camp #2298 granted a charter by The Sons of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jan09
The budget shutdown is currently the second-longest on record, on track to break the 1995-96 shutdown, which lasted 21 days. That shutdown — between President Bill Clinton and my dad, Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., was over a seven-year budget. They eventually compromised and passed a budget. Once the sides have been staked out, it becomes […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jan09
Review: The War Before the War
on January 9th, 2019 at 6:52 pmPosted In: Archive, Southern Partisan
No one need look far in the current political climate to find issues that divide the nation. Abortion, immigration, and gender questions commonly rise up to cleave our attention. These issues, however, pale when held against the historical glass of slavery in America before the Civil War. In “The War Before the War,” Andrew Delbanco, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jan14
News From Around the South 1/7 to 1/14
on January 14th, 2019 at 9:56 pmPosted In: Archive, Southern Partisan
SOUTH CAROLINA: Broken Pipe May Have Sunk Hunley CHARLESTON, S.C. — A broken ballast tank pipe might have sunk the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley. That’s the latest discovery by the Clemson University conservators working to restore the doomed vessel. The scientists found a roughly 1-inch gap where the pipe should have been mounted on the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jan14
The Left, The Wall, The Truth
on January 14th, 2019 at 9:58 pmPosted In: Archive, Southern Partisan
Democrats and others on the left offer three reasons for their opposition to building a wall on America’s southern border. 1. A wall is ineffective. 2. A wall is too expensive. 3. A wall is immoral. Each one is false, so false as to constitute lies. So, the only question is: Do Democrats and others […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jan16
Silent Sam Removed, UNC Chancellor Out
on January 16th, 2019 at 11:30 amPosted In: Archive, Southern Partisan
RALEIGH, N.C. — Hours after the last remnants of a Confederate statue were removed overnight from North Carolina’s flagship public university, the state university system’s governing board pushed out the official who ordered them gone. UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt had said Monday that she would leave at the end of the school year in May, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jan23
News From Around the South 1/14 to 1/21
on January 23rd, 2019 at 11:00 amPosted In: Archive, Southern Partisan
The replica Confederate flag taken down from the S.C. State House grounds has finally been displayed at the S.C. Confederate Relic Room and Military museum. The flag had been in storage in an acid-free box alongside actual Civil War relics since it was handed to Relic Room Director Allen Roberson in 2015 by a mixed […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Debate Deepens Over Fate of Statue
Amid a controversy about moving a statue of Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith to Lake County, a Democratic lawmaker has urged Gov. Ron DeSantis to place the statue at the Olustee Civil War battlefield [...]
National Parks Face Human Threat
Retired National Parks Service Mason Dominic DeRubis works on the cannon casemate wall at Fort Sumter to mend the crumbling brick work at the historic landmark.
Retired National Parks Service Mason Dominic DeRubis works [...]