Trump chief of staff blames Civil War on 'lack of an ability to compromise,'...
Campaign ActionAnyone who was holding onto the illusion that White House chief of staff John Kelly is a noble man of honor serving an unstable president out of concern for what would happen in his...
View ArticleSurprised That "A General" Said What Kelly Said? You Shouldn't Be...
One could hear jaws dropping across America when John Kelly — Marine General and Trump’s Chief of Staff — made his reprehensible comments about the Civil War yesterday.My social medium of choice is...
View ArticleGeneral Kelly's Defense of the Indefensible
In a Fox News interview which aired yesterday, White House Chief of Staff, General John Kelly, made several inflammatory (and incorrect) statements about the Civil War. For starters, Gen. Kelly...
View Article'No'—White House won't admit that John Kelly's yearning for 'compromise' on...
Campaign ActionFollowing up on White House chief of staff John Kelly’s disconcerting assertion Monday that a willingness to “compromise” could have averted the Civil War, press secretary Sarah Huckabee...
View ArticleRoland Martin schools General Kelly on history & normalization of...
Roland Martin in the last few days seemed to be the go-to man to check Trump, his supporters, and Democrats. Today he gave a schooling to Trump's Chief of Staff John Kelly. And he castigated Laura...
View ArticleThe lost Cause.
Beginning soon after the end of the Civil War, and accelerating several times during the 20th century, several claims about the Confederacy have been made that have little or no support in the...
View ArticleThe Real Truth About "Honorable" Robert E Lee
Full Metal Jackass, aka General Kelly, would have us believe that Robert E Lee was a decent man caught up in a bad moment of history who tried to make the best of things. If this premise holds true,...
View ArticleVergangenheitsbewältigung in America
This year represents the 25th anniversary of one of the great enduring memes of modern American culture and politics. In his thundering speech at the 1992 Republican National Convention, former Nixon...
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Photo Diary: Fort Blakely
After the Battle of Mobile Bay, the Union occupied Forts Morgan and Gaines to control the flow of shipping in and out of the harbor, but did not move on the city of Mobile itself. But both sides knew...
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Photo Diary: Olustee Battlefield, FL
When Florida seceded in February 1861, it was a sparsely populated backwater with little military significance. Traded several times between Spain and England and purchased by the United States in...
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Photo Diary: Camp Milton Civil War Site, Jacksonville FL
After the Federals had withdrawn to Jacksonville FL, after the Battle of Olustee, the Confederates constructed a three-mile series of fortifications and breastworks near Olustee to defend against a...
View ArticleBritish Preparations for War with the United States, 1861-1863
Cross-posted from Real Economics. One of the most astonishing comments I ever read at DailyKos was some historically ignorant bloviator arguing that the United States and Britain never differed all...
View ArticleRoy Moore, the Racist Candidate for U.S. Senate
Roy Moore, the Republican candidate for Alabama, is now a well known accused child molester but he is a racist as well. Remember in September, when Moore stated America was only “great” during the time...
View ArticleThe Village - Tuesday Hangout: Alabama by the Numbers 12/12/17
I’ve never been to Alabama. I have no family in Alabama (although my since-passed aunt and uncle retired there). To the best of my knowledge, I don’t know anyone in Alabama. Despite all that, I will...
View ArticleIf Mueller Charges Trump, Prepare for a Civil War
A civil war is brewing. With a third of the country worshiping him, Donald Trump will not go down without a fight. Republicans have always flourished with the fear factor. Donald Trump became...
View ArticleYes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
“Virginia, Your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible...
View ArticleVirginia Lt. Gov. Fairfax passes the gavel rather than preside over honoring...
If put into Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax's shoes, this is a considerably more circumspect response than most of us could probably muster.Democratic Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, the second...
View ArticleIn 2019, Virginia lawmakers should dump Stonewall Jackson and pick this Civil...
Last week, you may have read my colleague Hunter’s take on Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax’s quiet protest of Virginia’s Republican senators’ decision to adjourn in honor of the birthday of Thomas Jonathan...
View ArticleDown goes Andrew Jackson as Utah school changes name to honor NASA engineer...
According to the Salt Lake Tribune, the city’s school board voted this week to change the name of Jackson Elementary school from “Andrew” to “Mary W. Jackson.” The school's name now honors the first...
View ArticleOn the 123rd anniversary of his death, here's an essay by Frederick Douglass...
On this day in 1895, the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass attended a meeting of the National Council of Women, went home to Anacostia, Washington, D.C., and fell dead of a heart attack. In a...
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