Nov 21The Presence of AbsenceThe destruction of historic artifacts of the Antebellum South and the Confederacy is the aim of those in the central government. Take a recent U.S. Commission on Fine Arts meeting as still more evidence. …Politics2 min readPolitics2 min read
Nov 14I Didn’t Know & I Am ThrilledMy father never mentioned him. His sister didn’t either. He used to talk about his grandmother and the joyous summer days he would spend on her farm on Sapp Road in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. I never met his father, but I know a lot about him. …Confederate2 min readConfederate2 min read
Nov 8John Steinbeck vs. Modern American ConservativesJohn Steinbeck was an Adlai Stevenson supporting, Nixon hating Democrat. George Orwell once called him a communist. No one has ever referred to him as a conservative. Yet, I am more aligned to him than many modern American so-called conservatives. How can this be? In 1966 Steinbeck published a book…John Steinbeck2 min readJohn Steinbeck2 min read
Oct 31Eve of Destruction?Henry Shrady died before he finished the statue of Robert E. Lee and Traveler. Leo Lentelli completed the work, and it was dedicated in 1924. Shrady died in 1922 just weeks before the dedication of the Ulysses S. Grant memorial at the Capital in Washington DC. He worked on the…Art2 min readArt2 min read
Oct 17The Dovish SouthSam Irvin, the famous North Carolina Democrat who chaired the Watergate Committee, thought Southerners had a “certain peculiarity”. It stemmed from the fact that the South’s heroes were men who had failed. This enabled Southerners to separate winning from what is right. He referred to a line from a poem…Politics2 min readPolitics2 min read
Oct 15Traditional Southerners Are to Republicans What Black Americans Are to DemocratsIt is not controversial to say that the Democratic Party takes the black vote for granted. What many don’t yet recognize is that the Republican Party does the same thing with the Southern conservative or traditionalist. The “traditional” Southerner was most often born and raised in the South. They have…Politics2 min readPolitics2 min read
Oct 13A Lesser-Known FounderHe made 119 speeches at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. At one point he declared: “The evils we experience come from an excess of democracy”. Like many, he went to Philadelphia to make needed adjustments to the Articles of Confederation. He would leave refusing to sign the new Constitution. Ironically…Us History2 min readUs History2 min read
Sep 25Has Virgil Kane Been Reconstructed?In 1865 George Stoneman was a mediocre Union general leading cavalry behind Confederate lines in Virginia. 100 years later a Canadian rock band made him famous. It took Robbie Robertson more than six months to write the song. He spent time in libraries researching the end of the war. Many…2 min read2 min read
Sep 20Pardons Do Not Assign GuiltIt should concern all Americans that powerful people are willing to label historic figures, who never received due process, criminals or traitors. “The Confederacy, the American Civil War was fought, and it was an act of rebellion, an act of treason at the time against the union…” — General Mark…2 min read2 min read
Sep 9A Totalitarian Trend in History“Removing the monument doesn’t change history. It changes commemoration, which reflects our values.” Ty Seidule “Commemoration is about who we want to be. And as a nation committed to equal rights for all under the law, we just cannot commemorate a movement that committed treason for slavery.” Connor Williams Both…History2 min readHistory2 min read
