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Historical Ignorance and Confederate Generals

by RIS Secure | Jul 21, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan

The Confederacy has been the excuse for some of today’s rioting, property destruction and grossly uninformed statements. Among the latter is the testimony before the House Armed Services Committee by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley...

News From Around the South 7/13 to 7/20

by RIS Secure | Jul 20, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan

TENNESSEE: NASCAR’s Wallace Booed at Bristol BRISTOL, Tenn. — NASCAR star Bubba Wallace had a night to forget on Wednesday in Bristol, Tennessee when he was booed by a number of fans prior to the NASCAR All-Star Open. The several thousands of fans that...

Is America Up For A Naval War With China?

by RIS Secure | Jul 16, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Is the U.S., preoccupied with a pandemic and a depression that medical crisis created, prepared for a collision with China over Beijing’s claims to the rocks, reefs and resources of the South China Sea? For that is what Mike Pompeo appeared to threaten this...

Woodrow Wilson’s Troubled Legacy

by RIS Secure | Jul 14, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Woodrow Wilson is best known as the World War I president who earned a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to found the League of Nations. A progressive reformer who fought against monopolies and child labor, he served two terms starting in 1913. But Wilson was also a...

News From Around the South 7/6 to 7/13

by RIS Secure | Jul 13, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan

SOUTH CAROLINA: Support for Confederacy “Dying Out” As Protestors Mark Anniversary of Flag Removal COLUMBIA – Calvin Guyette held his sign directly in front of the man at the monument honoring the Confederate dead. A few feet of sidewalk and two lines of...

Hot Times In Atlanta

by RIS Secure | Jul 9, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan

I’ve lived in Atlanta for over three decades. I grew up an hour west in the then-rural town of Carrollton, where my father taught at West Georgia College. Twice a year, we traveled to Atlanta, in August to do our back-to-school shopping and in December to attend...