by RIS Secure | Apr 29, 2026 | Archive, Homepage, Southern Partisan
From the wildly popular traveling Van Gogh exhibit to the immersive “King Tut” experience that trades artifacts for hauntingly lit and realistic tableaux, museums everywhere are departing from conventional curated collections to find new ways to engage visitors. At...
by RIS Secure | Apr 28, 2026 | Archive, Obiter Dicta, Southern Partisan
The past few days have featured the vice president of the United States lecturing the pope on morality and church doctrine; Sean Hannity making it official that he worships at the Church of Trump; Pete Hegseth quoting made-up verses from “Pulp Fiction” as...
by RIS Secure | Apr 27, 2026 | Archive, CSA, Southern Partisan
MARYLAND: Frederick, Maryland, had an active role in Revolutionary War Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of 12 weekly stories focusing on America’s 250th birthday, as told through the lens of our communities and the role many of the places we call home...
by RIS Secure | Apr 23, 2026 | Archive, Southern Partisan
In a famous Supreme Court one-liner, reminding the legal community of the finality of the court’s rulings, the late Justice William J. Brennan Jr. is reputed to have said that the Constitution means whatever any five of us say it means. This reflects the basic...
by RIS Secure | Apr 22, 2026 | Archive, Featured News, Southern Partisan
Additional round of grants awarded to conserve America’s historic landscapes and outdoor heritage WASHINGTON — The National Park Service today announced it will award $8,567,745 in Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants funded through the Land and Water Conservation...
by RIS Secure | Apr 21, 2026 | Archive, Southern Partisan
I’ve been playing in the public arenas of politics and commentary, of columns and television and campaigns, for long enough not to pretend that it was all warm and fuzzy back then. It was mean and sometimes scary. But mostly not. Even during the...