by editor | Mar 16, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan
In 1978, when I was 17 years old, I worked as an usher at concerts and sporting events earning $2.25 an hour, the minimum wage. I had to surrender about 15 cents of this meager hourly wage to a union I was forced to join. I could never understand what a union was...
by editor | Mar 15, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan
VIRGINIA: Permit Issued To Reduce Height of Confederate Flag Along I-64 The owner of a controversial flagpole bearing a Confederate flag in Louisa County has received a permit to reduce the height of the structure, likely ending a years-long legal battle. The...
by editor | Mar 11, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Two weeks ago, while the House of Representatives was finalizing its 700-page legislation authorizing the Treasury to borrow and spend $1.9 trillion in the next six months, and the Senate was attempting to confirm more of President Joseph R. Biden’s cabinet...
by editor | Mar 10, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Pushing back against what they called America’s “woke mob,” a group of GOP lawmakers want to protect South Carolina historic monuments and markers and penalize any community or elected official that removes them. “It’s time to stand up and defend the history of South...
by editor | Mar 9, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan
I have been telling parents for decades that sending a child to almost any college is playing Russian roulette with his or her values. But it is a different version of Russian roulette. In the traditional version, only one of the gun’s six chambers contains a...
by editor | Mar 8, 2021 | Archive, Southern Partisan
NORTH CAROLINA: Iredell County Votes To Remove Confederate Memorial TATESVILLE, N.C. — Officials in North Carolina’s Iredell County have voted to move a Confederate memorial that has stood outside the court house for more than a century.The Statesville Record...