The Temptation of Tyranny
Does the president of the United States have too much power? That question has been asked lately with respect to President Donald Trump’s use of federal funds to construct 175 miles of sporadic walls along a portion of the 2,000-mile common border between Texas...
California’s Forgotten Civil War History
Earlier this month, the last major Confederate monument in California came down. It was a curious one: a nine-foot granite pillar in an Orange County cemetery, bearing the names of several Southern leaders, including Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee, who never even...
What Criminologists Don’t Say
John Paul Wright, professor at University of Cincinnati, and Matthew DeLisi professor at Iowa State University have penned a powerful article titled “What Criminologists Don’t Say, and Why,” in City Journal, Summer 2017. There is significant bias...
News From Around the South 8/27 to 9/2
WASHINGTON, D.C. — National Civil War Museum Considers Logo Change The logo for the National Museum of Civil War Medicine courted controversy once before. In 2016, the Washington, D.C. tourism organization Destination DC declined to publish an ad for the local...
Beginning of Slavery in U.S.
The New York Times has begun a major initiative, the “1619 Project,” to observe the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe American history so that slavery and the contributions of black Americans explain who we are as a...Obiter Dicta
Since its inception, the government of the United States has inexorably exceeded its powers under the Constitution. All three branches Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: He died fighting for America’s independence at 14. He’s only just been identified Thirteen of America’s first ever veterans lie beneath a towering pine forest that was once Read More