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Why Can I Write 'south' With Some Assurance That You'll Know I Mean Richmond And Don't Mean Phoenix? What Is It That The South's Boundaries Enclose?

We Could Say That People Who Eat Grits, Listen To Country Music, Follow Stock-car Racing, Support Corporal Punishment In The Schools, Hunt 'possum, Go To Baptist Churches And Prefer Bourbon To Scotch Are Likely To Be Southerners.

Any Southern Nationalist Movement, Especially One That Wraps Itself In The Confederate Flag, Is Going To Be Viewed With Suspicion, Given The Historical Record.

Southerners Smile More Than Other Americans.

I Do Believe States' Rights Was A Sound Doctrine That Got Hijacked By Some Unsavory Customers For A While - Like, 150 Years Or So. I'm Professionally Obliged To Believe That Knowledge Is Better Than Ignorance, But Some Kinds Of Forgetting Are Ok With Me.