The South Will Rise Again
I have lived in the deep south my whole life. I grew up in a small Georgia town and it was a pleasant place to live. I learned in school that the Civil War was about southern freedom from northern...
View ArticleUpdate I: If this doesn’t wake you up… We just lost the Civil War, WWII and...
If this doesn’t wake you up… We just lost the civil war and WWIIThe Declaration of Independence. “We hold these truths to be self-evident…” Signed 1776 (17,000 American Revolution service members...
View ArticleSometimes, to avoid war, you have to make a few steps towards having one.
Step one. We have to demand that our blue state governments, every one of them, notifies Trump in no uncertain terms that they will refuse to allow in their states any federal enforcement of any evil...
View ArticleBoycott Black Friday - Ye Good ole fashioned Resistance
When injustice becomes law resistance becomes duty – Thomas JeffersonIn honor of the Declaration of Independence and its mandate that “in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people...
View ArticleDoes The St. Louis Accent Contain A Clue About Tone Of The City's Race...
I’ve always thought that St. Louis has it’s own particularly caustic brand of racism. It was just a feeling.How can you compare the quality and depth of white racism in one city to another? Birmingham,...
View ArticleMay the Circle Keep Expanding
More than half the electorate has suffered greatly in the aftermath of the recent election. They don’t mourn the loss of a contest as much as what they perceive as the loss of their country. This is a...
View ArticleThe missing speech
The missing speechIn times of national crisis, of national unrest, a wise, courageous and moral leader will step forward to inspire, to reassure, to reaffirm and renew the commitment to our national...
View ArticleWelcome to Confederate America
I suppose it is inevitable that the Democratic postmortem on the debacle of 2016 is ricocheting between the dominant wings of the party. We need to double down on the traditional messages and...
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Snipers in the Civil War
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." The last words of Union General John Sedgwick, at the Battle of Spotsylvania.Whitworth sniper rifle, on display at the Tennessee State Museum in...
View ArticleI asked a trump supporter why they voted for him. This is what they said.
I asked a trump supporter, a person I love, a person I thought I knew, but now realize I never really knew, why they voted for him. In their response below it appears that main stream media was...
View ArticleA sad anniversary - do we care?
I write this as a result of a tweet that I think is worth sharing:xpic.twitter.com/LMBpXiMY1qâ Diane Sweet (@DianeSweet) December 8, 2016For context, here are the total deaths for America’s three...
View ArticleThe events leading to the Secession of 1861 are hauntingly familiar to...
21st Century Secession: Torn AsunderAlthough some of my students might have argued otherwise before I retired, I wasn’t around in the decades before the Civil War so I don’t know if I can compare the...
View ArticleWhy is there a vitriolic campaign against the White Helmets in Syria and a...
I wrote a diary this morning titled, “A plea for the civilians of Aleppo being bombed by Putin, Rouhani and Assad” appealing to the community to raise awareness of the crisis situations for...
View ArticleIs It Time to Make Admissions Standards More Selective?
We are used to organizations having admission standards. Nations, schools, workplaces and social clubs have them. There has been a lot of talk lately about tightening admissions standards for...
View ArticleAunt Effie's Rainbow Room
I Love my Aunt Effie, but she was not good with Small Children. She did not Trust them. Small Children were too unpredictable, too uncontrollable. Small Children were too much uncontrolled and...
View ArticleMike Rowe just told us to "Suck it up"
A friend and former coworker just posted a link to a video by Mike Rowe, of “Dirty Jobs” fame. I encourage you to watch it, in its entirety, so that you have the context for my reply. Here is a link...
View ArticleLincoln’s heir
As American presidents enter their final months in the White House, they invariably focus on their legacies. That effort to shape history’s judgment invariably leads to comparisons to the greatest of...
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Don't Accept Trump as President? You're just like John Wilkes Booth with...
Mike Rowe is an entertainer who puts out podcasts and has a Youtube video of one with a message for an America divided by the recent Presidential election. Mr. Rowe tells a short story titled ~Oh...
View ArticlePaducah rally proves not everybody is on team Trump in the Red State...
By BERRY CRAIGPaducah is the main town in arguably the reddest region of Republican Red Kentucky.Even so, close to 100 people showed up Tuesday night for a “Paducah Stands for Kentucky” rally that was...
View ArticleHow Louisville celebrated Washington's birthday and the union in 1861
By BERRY CRAIGNobody from the Louisville Courier-Journal is expected to hoist the Stars and Stripes ceremoniously at the old Jefferson County courthouse on Washington’s birthday.“With Kentucky firmly...
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