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by | Aug 5, 2020

When mobs are attacking statues of Ulysses S. Grant, it is difficult to have an intelligent discussion about why some Confederate generals and officials deserve respect. No one today defends the role of slavery. However, if belief in racial equality…

by | Aug 4, 2020

When Ben Shapiro began writing his latest book, How To Destroy America In Three Easy Steps, last December, he knew there was danger lurking, but he probably did not realize just how quickly it would emerge. Before the coronavirus came over…

by | Jul 13, 2020

During the first Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest in locked-down London on June 6, images of the vandalized statue of Abraham Lincoln shocked many in Britain. How could the president who enabled the abolition of slavery be branded a racist?…

by | Jul 13, 2020

About a dozen Army bases are named for Confederate generals including Robert E. Lee, Braxton Bragg, John Bell Hood, and A. P. Hill. That fact enrages the professionally offended. The “woke” crowd — which ranges from congressional Democrats to the…

by | Jul 12, 2020

Let’s start with a clarification on my sentiments, lest the mob come after me with torches: I’ve long detested the Confederacy for how it ripped apart this nation in the attempted preservation of an evil institution that denied human beings…

by | Jul 8, 2020

Washington Many Americans, after they have been in Washington, D.C., for a few years, become less fervent about their beliefs. Donald Trump has become more fervent about the things he believes. After this past weekend and Donald’s solemnly expressed indignation…

by | Jun 25, 2020

A statue of Civil War hero and abolitionist Col. Hans Christian Heg in Madison, Wisconsin, was the latest to fall victim to the wave of vandalism and destruction across the country driven by protests over the death of George Floyd….

by | Jun 15, 2020

The shocking killing of George Floyd has triggered a social tsunami, sweeping all before it. Among the most dramatic impacts have been on historical remembrances, so many of which reflect America’s tragic experience with slavery, Jim Crow, and racism. There…

by | Apr 24, 2020

The famous memorial stands astride the banks of the Potomac River, facing the Washington Mall. The National Park Service, as here, says this of the mammoth marble statue of a seated Abraham Lincoln that dominates the memorial’s interior: “In this…

by | Apr 5, 2020

F. H. Buckley’s newest work, American Secession: The Looming Threat of National Breakup, is probably one of the most important nonfiction books of 2020. Written during the last year when Americans were more divided at any time in their national…

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