Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative (cough) Union, which hosts the annual CPAC conference, tweeted that he was disinviting Read More
LOUISIANA: Fight Over Confederate Flag Heads to Court NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court was set to hear arguments Tuesday over a Louisiana city’s decision to bar the Sons Read More
Gordonsville, Va. — There’s debate about where the South really begins. The Mason-Dixon Line? The Potomac? The Rappahannock? The “sweet tea line?” What’s certain is that, by the time you’ve reached David Lamb’s horse farm in Orange County, you’re there. Oakland Heights Farm offers riding lessons and holds rodeos in the splendid heart of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The third definition of “patriot” in the Oxford English Dictionary is “A person actively opposing enemy forces occupying his or her country; a member of a resistance movement, a freedom fighter. Originally used of those who opposed and fought the British in the American War of Independence.” The term first was used in the U.S. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Arkansas: Mauch Under Fire for Slavery Defense A Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives has a history of writing in support of slavery and the Confederacy, along with comparing Abraham Lincoln to Karl Marx. State Rep. Loy Mauch (R-Bismarck) wrote a series of letters to the editor of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, defending slavery and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Despite declining residential segregation for black families in the United States, school segregation for black students remains very high — and it is increasing most dramatically in the South, which has led the nation in desegregation thanks to the victories of the civil rights movement. Those are among the findings of research released last week by […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A century-and-a-half later, we’ve come full circle: the red-blue state divide falls along Confederate-Union lines. Every now and then someone highlights the overlap between today’s Republican states and the slave states of the former Confederacy. As clichéd as the point may be, it remains indispensable to understanding what is happening in American politics today: The […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On Sept. 11, scores of men with automatic weapons and RPGs launched a night assault on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and set the building ablaze. Using mortars, they launched a collateral attack on a safe house, killing two more Americans, as other U.S. agents fled to the airport. On Sept. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Global Warming and the Death of the Long View It’s the sad fact of our culture today that no one likes the long view. The long view is a bad sound bite. The long view doesn’t inspire anger or passion. Putting issues into proper perspective, which generally has the effect of lessening the sting of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Arkansas: State Honors Young Civil War Hero By Bruce Walker, The New American “War is hell,” William Tecumseh Sherman once said. The American Civil War was a dark chapter in America’s history. Yet it did produce those who merited respect and honor. David O. Dodd was one such individual, though only a boy. He refused […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the good news for Mitt Romney: In the first two debates, he established himself as President Barack Obama’s equal on the events of the day. The governor is well versed on the issues and has shown a mastery of both foreign and domestic policy. Here’s the bad news: He has failed to pin down […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ATLANTA—For decades, Southerners put a firm imprint on national politics from both sides of the aisle, holding the White House for 25 of the past 50 years and producing a legion of Capitol Hill giants during the 20th century. But that kind of obvious power has waned as Democrats and Republicans in the region navigate […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
