Kevin Levin with an excellent short essay on the evolving relationship between the South and the Confederate flag, where he notes both the connection between the Stars and Bars and resistance to segregation and that the South has become increasingly less tolerant of displaying the...
confederate nostalgia
One curious line of reasoning used by many who defend appalling exercises like Confederate History month is to attempt to muddy the waters by observing that Lincoln, the Republicans, or.
I'm slightly embarrassed to admit I didn't know Rhode Island's full name, so while I would support efforts by states to make their names longer and goofier, I guess don't.
Ronald Reagan received well-deserved scorn in 1985 for visiting Kolmeshöhe Cemetery, where several dozens of SS members were buried; even so, the circumstances of that visit could at least be rendered moderately sensible, given the incompetence that preceded the trip in the first place (e.g.,...
Spencer handles the general idiocy of the Donnelly-Schmitt op-ed on the Gates defense budget...Schmitt and Donnelly argue for a continuation of most of the programs Gates is cutting, and do.
Pathetic:The largest Confederate battle flag in the world has grown by 10 feet.Members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans unfurled the bigger flag Sunday, which is on private property at.
*Snicker* chortle heh heh heh heh.
My wife asked the other day why I seemed so interested recently in the self-evident absurdity of "Black Confederates." The short, pragmatic answer is that I'm teaching a course on.
Courtesy of The United States Army.From now on, when anyone asks about "black Confederates," I'm going to refer them to this.
You'll all be stunned to learn that the Sons of Confederate Veterans have laid claim to the grave of another selfless bondsman who loved his master so very much that he was willing to serve in defense of his master's right to own him.In related...
St. Paul, Minnesota:Three high school seniors were barred from Bloomington Kennedy High School's graduation ceremony Wednesday night at Target Center because of what the school district called a prank involving.
Via Think Progress, Alexandra Liddy Bourne of the Heartland Institute, speaking to the Heritage Foundation:So yet again, the South has to pay on its back the cost of using coal.