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Ep. 618: What Would Lincoln Do?
Historian Michael Beschloss wondered aloud if Lincoln should have let the South go. This invoked a series of responses by other leftist "historians,"…
4 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 617: Lincoln's Greatest Speeches?
"Lincoln's Greatest Speeches" should be an oxymoron, but that doesn't stop people from publishing books on the topic. I discuss one such book and the…
4 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 616: Constitution Wish List
All John Grove wanted for Christmas were a few good amendments. Amending the Constitution would solve some serious problems in American government. …
4 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 615: Considering Secession
The Local Culture journal featured the topic of secession in its most recent issue. Various scholars voiced their views on the subject, with the mos…
4 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 164: Why Was Washington a Nationalist?
Virginia made George Washington. That raises an important question: why was Washington a nationalist unlike Thomas Jefferson or other members of the …
4 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 613: Black Confederate Myth?
Kevin Levin proudly states that black Confederates were a "myth." He wrote an entire polemic, I mean book, dedicated to punching holes in a straw m…
4 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 612: Would Young People Defend the United States?
A recent poll suggests that a large number of young people would rather leave the United States than defend it if a foreign power attacked. This was …
4 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 611: Bill Maher is Thinking Locally and Acting Locally
Bill Maher gets it. Sort of. He has realized that the national government and national politics won't solve his problems. Amazing. Of course, you, …
4 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 610: To Save the War Bonds!
Was it a war to save the Union? Nope. To end slavery? Nah. It was worse. Republicans openly admitted it was a war to nationalize everything, includin…
4 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 609: The Southern Political Tradition
The Southern political tradition is not slavery and Jim Crow, as the historian George Rogers pointed out in 1981. We would do well to emulate what …
4 years, 7 months ago