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Free Speech for Me But Not For Thee
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (634+ words) by editor | Mar 19, 2026 | Archive, Obiter Dicta, Southern Partisan Yet, CNN is not regulated by the FCC, which only regulates broadcast media " not cable or streaming; and newspapers, thanks be to God, are totally unregulated. So, what's going on here? What's…...
Southern Living Names Best BBQ Joints in Every Southern State
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (388+ words) by editor | Mar 19, 2026 | Archive, Homepage, Southern Partisan Barbecue inspires a special kind of loyalty in the South. When we asked'Southern Living'readers to name the best barbecue joint in their state, they showed up with strong opinions and even stronger favorites....
The Inexplicable War
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (255+ words) by editor | Mar 17, 2026 | Archive, Obiter Dicta, Southern Partisan Why are we there? Is it because Israel was going to go there first/anyway, or because we wanted Israel to go? What are we doing there? Did we really bomb a…...
News From Around the South, 3/9 to 3/16
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (201+ words) by editor | Mar 16, 2026 | Archive, CSA, Southern Partisan Coogler's longtime collaborator, star'Michael B. Jordan, also went all the way'in best actor'on his first nomination. Once a seeming longshot to come out on top, Jordan pulled off an electrifying upset at the Actor…...
Silent Attacks on Personal Freedom
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (630+ words) by editor | Mar 12, 2026 | Archive, Obiter Dicta, Southern Partisan During the first Trump administration, the FBI quietly spent $5 million on Pegasus, an Israeli-developed software product known generically as zero click. Zero click permits the user to download the contents of another…...
Book Review: A Precarious Balance: Firearms, Race, and Community in North Carolina, 1715 to 1865
1+ week, 6+ day ago (111+ words) by editor | Mar 5, 2026 | Archive, Homepage, Southern Partisan A Precarious Balance'offers readers a nuanced look into a complex topic, and in doing so helps us better understand the past and present. Indeed, its relevance, along with its depth of research and…...
Why?
1+ week, 6+ day ago (578+ words) by editor | Mar 5, 2026 | Archive, Obiter Dicta, Southern Partisan A very bad guy is gone. We did it. Yes, we can. But was he a threat to us? Was his country? An imminent threat? Of what? Do they have nuclear weapons?...
Both Sides Now: The Cons and Pros of 'Operation Epic Fury"
2+ week, 2+ day ago (299+ words) by editor | Mar 3, 2026 | Archive, Obiter Dicta, Southern Partisan A young lawyer once asked an old Washington hand what to expect when he went down to work for a U.S. Senate committee. The old hand, who'd worked in the Capitol for years,…...
News From Around the South, 2/23 to 3/1
2+ week, 3+ day ago (224+ words) by editor | Mar 2, 2026 | Archive, CSA, Southern Partisan Late Friday, newly elected Governor Abigail Spanberger signed the state's "caboose'budget, which lays out the exact steps we must taketo get back into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI. This moment comes…...
The Price of Perfect Nihilism
3+ week, 2+ hour ago (687+ words) by editor | Feb 26, 2026 | Archive, Obiter Dicta, Southern Partisan When President Donald Trump first announced that he had ordered the Pentagon to attack fishing boats and speedboats on the high seas which he said carried dangerous drugs destined for willing buyers…...