Former Republican Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas was fond of telling a story about his time stumping for educational change. [...]
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SOUTH CAROLINA: Mother Suing S.C. Secessionist Party After Children Photographed Holding Confederate Flags
A North Charleston mother is suing the Secessionist [...]
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Jan24
It’s the silly season again in American politics. In honor of the season, below a few cartoonists offer a little humor on presidential politics…
Jan26
What if actor Clint Eastwood gave an interview in which he explained why, in the 2008 presidential election, he voted for John McCain: “I voted for McCain because he was white. ‘Cuz that’s why other folks vote for other people — because they look like them. … That’s American politics, pure and simple.” No, Eastwood […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jan27
Tax Breaks for the Wealthy are the Whole Ballgame
on January 27th, 2012 at 9:41 pmPosted In: Southern Partisan
In the old days, Labor Day marked the start of the presidential race. This year Democrats won’t officially choose their candidate — our guess is Barack Obama — until two days after Labor Day. The campaign between the incumbent president and his putative Republican challenger Mitt Romney began to crystallize last week. The 2012 campaign, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jan30
Alabama: Civil War Trust seeks to develop Anniston battlefield The Washington, D.C.-based Civil War Trust is hoping to turn an Alabama industrial site into a park commemorating Civil War history, according to The Anniston Star. The site of the former Blue Mountain Industries was key in the Confederate war effort from a training and transportation standpoint, and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jun21
Ray Bradbury was one of several authors who came to prominence in the 1940s and ’50s not just as writers of science fiction but also as champions of freedom. Another was Robert Heinlein, who helped popularize the saying “There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch” and is still celebrated by libertarians. But it […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Jul10
Since progressives want government to run health care, let’s look at what government management did to K-12 education. While most every other service in life has gotten better and cheaper, American education remains stagnant. Spending has tripled! Why no improvement? Because K-12 education is a virtual government monopoly — and monopolies don’t improve. In every […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jul11
The Dickey I Knew: A Death at 15
on July 11th, 2012 at 11:17 pmPosted In: Archive, Southern Partisan
Surrounded by stacks of yellowed books, resting in a stained yellow chair and imprisoned in a ruined yellow body just two months from collapse, James Dickey’s eyes welled with tears he made no effort to conceal. It’s been 15 years since his death and 40 years since Deliverance hit movie screens on July 30, 1972, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Europeans: Southern Accent Sexiest
Southern Belle on the veranda at Dunleith Plantation, Natchez, Mississippi.
The sexiest European accent, in my honest and well-honed opinion, is British, followed by Irish, followed by French, followed by Spanish, followed by Danish, followed [...]
The Politics of Southern Accents
Jeff Sessions speaking at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC. (Photo credit: Gage Skidmore)
Candidates with a Southern accent are viewed more negatively — even in the SouthNew research indicates that Americans are less [...]