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Left Behind

by RIS Secure | Sep 10, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

According to a new poll by The Hill newspaper in Washington, D.C., 54 percent of likely voters believe President Obama does not deserve another term based on his economic record. With rising gas prices once again punishing working Americans and with fear in the air...

Cartoon

by RIS Secure | Sep 7, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

What I Ask of Romney and Obama

by RIS Secure | Sep 6, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

The Republican Convention ended on the theme “Believe in America.” That sounded nice, but it was just another platitude. Mitt Romney’s speech was filled with platitudes: “We will honor America’s democratic ideals. … We’re...

News from Around the South for Week of 9/3

by RIS Secure | Sep 5, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Alabama: Hurricane Isaac uncovers Confederate ‘mystery ship’ By Paul Conner, The Daily Caller In the latest installment of a spooky pattern of events, Hurricane Isaac uncovered a boat believed to be a Civil War blockade runner on the beaches of Gulf...

Did Northern Aggression Cause Civil War?

by RIS Secure | Sep 5, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

By James Oakes, Jacobin/salon.com On 6 November 1860, the six-year-old Republican Party elected its first president. During the tense crisis months that followed – the “secession winter” of 1860–61 – practically all observers believed that Lincoln and the Republicans...

General Lee Stripped by PC

by RIS Secure | Sep 4, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

One of the many problems with political correctness is that it often ignores context. Well, that’s being kind. Political correctness doesn’t just ignore context, it assumes you aren’t smart enough to understand it. At its insidious core, it can be...