by editor | Aug 26, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
When soldiers living in Civil War encampments wanted to cast their vote for Republican incumbent Abraham Lincoln or Democrat George McClellan in the 1864 election, most were able to follow the same steps as their parents back home. Lists of registered voters were...
by editor | Aug 20, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
This week, the Democratic National Convention is being held — virtually. Normally, political conventions of both parties are a hot destination for politicos and journalists alike. The fun is not only in the nomination process but in the backroom meetings, large crowds...
by editor | Aug 18, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
If the definition of racism is deliberate discrimination based on race, color or national origin, Yale University appears to be a textbook case of “systemic racism.” And, so, the Department of Justice contends. Last week, Assistant Attorney General Eric...
by editor | Aug 17, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
VIRGINIA: Richmond Residents Say Protests Have Eroded Support for Demonstrations RICHMOND — Janice Nuckolls considers herself a liberal Democrat, believes Black lives matter and has a “We Stand With You” sign in her front window facing the daily...
by editor | Aug 13, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
“No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in consequence of Appropriations made by Law.” — U.S. Constitution, Article I, section 9 Congress and the White House have been at loggerheads for weeks on the next phase of federal aid to those suffering...
by editor | Aug 11, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Since the death of George Floyd beneath the knee of a cop in Minneapolis on Memorial Day, the nation has been instructed by its cultural elites that this is the daily reality that a racist America has too long ignored Our nation, it was shouted in our faces, is a...