The cover story in this week's Newsweek is entitled "The End of the South." Some of the story's observations ring true enough. Yet the tone of the piece, and its accompanying photos, paint an oversimplified "black and white" portrait of a land that is actually — like most everywhere else — a colorful mix of the flattering and the not-so flattering.

The main piece was written by award-winning writer Christopher Dickey, the son of the late, famed poet and ...

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