by RIS Secure | Jun 17, 2015 | Archive, Southern Partisan
In 1980, there were 500,000 Americans in prison or jail. By 2013, there were more than 2.3 million. The explosion in incarceration has fallen disproportionately on the descendants of slaves. White Americans are 77 percent of the U.S. population, and black...
by RIS Secure | Jun 16, 2015 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Just as the great William F. Buckley Jr. laid the intellectual foundation for the rise of modern conservatism, philanthropist R. Randolph Richardson set down the financial foundation of the new conservative movement. But Randy Richardson, who died May 25 at the age of...
by RIS Secure | Jun 15, 2015 | Archive, Southern Partisan
GEORGIA: Civil War Battlefield Listed in National Register of Historic Places The Johnston’s River Line (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation) and Union Field Fortifications at Henderson Road in Cobb County, Georgia, were listed in the National Register of...
by RIS Secure | Jun 12, 2015 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Brittney Griner was a huge college star in women’s basketball two years ago. Her dominance of the sport at 6-foot-8 was unquestioned — she could dunk with ease, and she blocked more shots than anyone else in college basketball history, men or women. Her Baylor...
by RIS Secure | Jun 10, 2015 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Did you know that buildings—including many of the very structures that make the nation’s cityscapes distinctive and recognizable—are the single largest user of energy in the United States? Each year, our cities spend $450 billion on energy for our buildings, with a...
by RIS Secure | Jun 9, 2015 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Toward the end of the presidency of George H.W. Bush, America stood alone at the top of the world — the sole superpower. After five weeks of “shock and awe” and 100 hours of combat, Saddam’s army had fled Kuwait back up the road to Basra and Bagdad....