Three Cheers For Hunter’s Pardon - My initial reaction to the issuance of a full pardon by President Joe Biden to his son Hunter was emotional. What father wouldn’t pardon his own son, if he could? I suspect that the president has harbored these paternal thoughts even while he denied numerous times that he was planning on doing so. We have […]
Would the Revolution Have Succeeded Without George Washington? - In 1965 James Flexner published the first volume of his biography of George Washington in which he coined the term now indelibly stamped on the image of the iconic Founder: Washington was the “indispensable man.”1 Supposedly, he was the individual central to American victory in the struggle for independence and without whom the cause would have […]
Democratic Party Monopoly on the Black Vote Is Over - Dean of the nation’s political analysts, Michael Barone, sat down with The Wall Street Journal to discuss the 2024 election. The headline that emerged from that discussion was “Donald Trump’s Rainbow Coalition,” noting that the monopoly of the Democratic Party over the nation’s Black vote seems to be over. If this is true, and it […]
News From Around the South, 11/25 to 12/2 - National Park Service Announces Addition of Seven New Sites to Reconstruction Era National Historic Network WASHINGTON — The National Park Service recently announced the addition of seven new sites to the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network. This national network connects sites across the country who provide education, interpretation and research related to the period of […]
Civil War Cryptids: Sophistry in Sightings of Monsters - As Gen. Braxton Bragg’s command camped near Bridgeport, Alabama, a hairy monster lurked near their positions. Five pickets from Capt. George Anderson’s company went missing over four days, each leaving signs of a struggle with some unseen foe. Anderson led a party of ten men to find the culprit, and they discovered a six-foot, 250-pound […]
