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The Southern Hero: The Cowboy Pioneer

One thing vital for the human experience is to have myths. A “myth” isn’t necessarily false, though it can be. A

If baseball is America’s pastime and the national sport, then football is Dixie’s game. It is far and away the

I am constantly annoyed by a painfully ignorant comment I stumble upon frequently – in some form or another –

“They had bent forward in the saddles and were moving on, and immediately after them the dragoon regiments and the

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:10 KJV Regarding

Revisionist historians have recently rebranded the War of Northern Aggression or the American “Civil War” as one between the good

He is a stupid educator who does not know that a boy ashamed of his father will be a base

Once more, it was time to launch fireworks, cook barbecue (or grill and call it a barbecue), and pretend we

After the great War Between the States, our people faced a desolate land of burned universities, destroyed crops and homes,

I once had an old Confederate reenactor from Central Virginia tell me he’s not a fan of flying the rectangular,