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Potatoes and Opioids
Nations, like people, have a “pivotal event.” It’s the event after which everything changes and sets the tone for what
The Smell of Sacrifice
Note: This not to be an exhaustive exegesis on the subject of animal sacrifice, nor is it necessary to have
Will A Southern Heritage Movement Re-Emerge?
Just recently, a friend emailed me and commented that he’d like to see another movement promoting Southern heritage emerge. I
Understanding the Reverence for the Confederacy
One particular critique of the Dixian memorialization of the War Between the States and the Confederacy focuses on the tendency
On Revolutionary Thoughts & John Tyler
True revolution is hard to achieve. It takes discipline. It takes years of connectivity. It takes the development of skills,
What’d You Say About My Momma?
Recently, there have been two notable deaths among the hierarchy of my denomination, both prominent men and known by many
About Your New Neighbors
You may not like what I’m going to tell you. But as Napoleon is supposed to have said, “Truth alone
Art, Decadence, and the Warrior Spirit
John Randolph of Roanoke (1773-1833) said that he had never seen, “A Yankee who knew anything about the classics.” Exaggerated
The Destruction of a Southern Town for Expediency and “Progress”
When my wife and I moved to the South in 2002, we ended up in a small, semirural town in