by editor | Jan 6, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan
South Carolina’s new flag design seemed like a fine idea — right up until everyone actually saw it. As it turns out, people hate it. They really, really hate it. The new design has garnered thousands of complaints since it was presented in a Post and Courier story...
by editor | Jan 5, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan
A week from today, Joe Biden will still be on his inexorable course to become the 46th president of the United States. Why, then, the hysteria that has suddenly gripped this city? The triggering event was the announcement by GOP Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri. Despite...
by editor | Jan 4, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan
SOUTH CAROLINA: Confederate Flags Would Be Barred From License Plates Under Democratic Leader’s Bill COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s Democratic House leader hopes to end the 15-year run of a specialty license plate whose emblem he says is a painful reminder of the...
by editor | Dec 30, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
The removal of Confederate symbols from public spaces across the U.S. began as a movement. It has turned into a mass social reckoning as people took to the streets to protest the death of unarmed Black Americans at the hands of police. The toppling of statues and...
by editor | Dec 29, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Two news organizations issued corrections recently. One was The New York Times. The other was Fox Business. One concerned an honest mistake. The Times admitted to having been scammed by the subject of one of its podcast series. Fox Business did not admit to anything...
by editor | Dec 28, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
VIRGINIA: American Battlefield Trust Buys Battle Of Williamsburg Site A significant portion of Williamsburg’s historic Civil War battlefield has been saved this week after the American Battlefield Trust bought the 29 acres in the area of the “Bloody Ravine” from The...