by editor | Oct 4, 2016 | Archive, Southern Partisan
I was invited, along with several other American professors, to deliver lectures at South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg in 1979. Pieter Willem Botha was the prime minister, and apartheid, though becoming a bit relaxed, was the law of...
by editor | Oct 3, 2016 | Archive, Southern Partisan
FLORIDA: Confederate Flag Sparks Black Lives Matter Protest at High School BRADENTON, Fla.– Multiple Manatee County high schools came together in showings of protest Thursday after a Confederate flag was brought onto the Manatee High School campus on Wednesday...
by editor | Sep 28, 2016 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Washington Post reporter Callum Borchers should win some kind of award for the worst pre-debate spin. He tried to defend NBC anchor and presidential debate host Lester Holt: “It turns out Holt is actually a registered Republican. Trump still might find things to...
by editor | Sep 28, 2016 | Archive, Southern Partisan
A popular misconception of the American Civil War is the view that mounted charges against infantry were an outdated tactic. The image of charges being ordered by out-of-touch generals that did not comprehend that rifled muskets had changed combat is a common one....
by editor | Sep 26, 2016 | Archive, Southern Partisan
VIRGINIA: Despite Alexandria Council Vote, Little Chance Appomattox Statue Will Be Removed ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The mayor of Alexandria met with the president of the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy for the first time last week, hoping to...
by editor | Sep 26, 2016 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Hillary Clinton is the worst kind of political animal, one who will exploit anything for political gain, distort facts and shift her positions at will for votes, significantly more than your garden-variety pandering politician. Remember when Clinton was for the Iraq...