New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu's speech on removing confederate monuments...
We had a diary about Mayor Landrieu’s speech concerning the removal of Confederate monuments, but it got very little attention. It deserves a lot more attention because it really is quite an excellent...
View ArticleThey fought and died for freedom: Black soldiers in the U.S. Civil War
Memorial Day weekend is upon us and as we prepare to attend ceremonies for members of the U.S. military who died in service to this country, I want to salute those black men and women who fought so...
View ArticleThe Confederate Catechism Rises Again. White Power Folks Seem to Love It.
Lyon Gardiner Tyler wrote The Confederate Catechism in 1920. The pamphlet blames the Civil War on Abraham Lincoln, and on Northern intolerance, and states that slavery was a benefit to the enslaved....
View ArticleBefore Emancipation, these black men fought and died for their country. A...
On August 4, 1862, Senator James Lane issued orders that would raise the one of the first black regiments in the Union, placing them under the command of Captain James M. Williams. It would be months...
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Top Comments: The Monumental City Reconsiders Some of Its Monuments
From a young age, I knew that my home town, Baltimore, Maryland, was sometimes referred to as “the Monumental City,” and it had to do with the fairly large number of monuments. Above, you see...
View ArticleLexington (KY) Herald-Leader: Time to kick 'Lost Cause' off its pedestal
During the US Civil War, Kentucky was a ‘border state’— divided in its loyalties between the Union and the Confederacy. (The Bluegrass State gave both sides a President; Abraham Lincoln was born in...
View ArticleArizona (yes, Arizona) joins the battle in defending its confederate...
Battles regarding the removal of long-standing confederate monuments have been making the rounds in the South as of late. Though this debate isn’t necessarily new, recently in Louisiana, Alabama and...
View ArticleCivil War
It’s time to call this what it is.Russia and “The New (decentralized) South” have declared war. It’s a war that threatens our country more than anything since WWII. Ask people like James Clapper. Maybe...
View ArticleEnmity in America, Echoes of the Civil War Era
This piece is appearing in newspapers in my conservative congressional district (VA-06).*********************The other day, I saw some poll results that disturbed but did not surprise me. It revealed...
View ArticleWhat New York City Can Learn from New Orleans – Alan Singer’s Latest...
What New York City Can Learn from New Orleans – Alan Singer’s Latest Huffington Posthttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/593e696be4b0b65670e56c2eThe city of New Orleans recently removed from public...
View ArticleThe Democratic Party does not need a civil war, now or later
As a Bernie Sanders delegate at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, I supported the policies he articulated then—and still support them today. My goal in attending was to fight as...
View ArticleHistory Channel promotes Lost Cause in Robert E. Lee bio
OK, you get what you pay for — I picked up a DVD for free at the local public library about Robert E. Lee, one of the History Channel’s “Great Commanders.”It’s available to all on Youtube, for free...
View ArticleThe NRA declares war on America: 'the only way we save our country ... is...
The National Rifle Association has issued a video in which conservative talk radio star Dana Loesch declares war on …them. Where “them” is Americans.They use their media to assassinate real news.They...
View ArticleThe NRA Wants Civil War. This Might Be Why
As many of you have seen, the NRA posted this video June 7th, which went viral on June 28th. It is actually the second such video they’ve posted, seeming to call for a civil war against anyone not a...
View ArticlePhalanx of Glass: Conservatives at Gettysburg 2017
As we celebrate the 154th anniversary of the crucial battle of the 19th century Civil War, and as we fight it yet again in the 21st century, it’s worthwhile to note the differences and similarities...
View ArticleThe Gettysburg Address* Revisited. A 2017 Independence Day Redux
Twelve score and one year “ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”Today, we are not in a...
View Articlewo Brooklyn Streets Named for Pro-Slavery Confederate Generals – Alan...
Two Brooklyn Streets Named for Pro-Slavery Confederate Generals – Alan Singer’s Latest Huffington PostStonewall Jackson Drive and General Lee Avenue are on the Fort Hamilton military base near Bay...
View ArticleRepublican candidate for governor in South Carolina says she's 'proud of the...
Catherine Templeton is running for governor of South Carolina. The ex-state Department of Health and Environmental Control chief is probably best known for working to crush unions and working her way...
View ArticleTrump emerging as one of weakest executives in history as Republicans,...
Donald Trump is fast becoming one of the weakest presidents the nation has ever seen after going to war with a federal government that is defying him at every turn. Despite the fact that he has lashed...
View ArticleHamilton 68: Putin apparently trying to incite American Civil War #2 (not...
If you go on Twitter and search “#civilwar” you will be horrified, disgusted and enraged at best, alarmed at worst. This is basically a thread for Trump supporters to threaten the country with civil...
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