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Ep. 578: What is "American Equality"?
Continuing our discussion of James Fenimore Cooper and "equality," Cooper pivots to "American equality." Is is a different beast than European equali…
4 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 577: What is "Equality"?
Equality is arguably the most contentious word in political history. What does it mean? How do we achieve it, or should we? Do democracies naturally …
4 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 576: What is a Yankee?
A long time listener asked me to define a "Yankee." Some people get turned off when I use this word, so he wanted me to clarify whom I considered t…
4 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 575: Were Confederates "Evil"?
According the "conservative" Wayne Allyn Root, Confederates were "evil," just like the Nazis and Communists. Eric Foner couldn't have written it be…
4 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 574: Activist History of Confederate Monuments
Karen Cox scirbbled a little book she calls THE history of Confederate monuments last year. It isn't. It reads and is written like an activist pole…
4 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 573: Did the CSA Make Secession Illegal?
PSU Professor Rachel Shelden presented "The Civil War as a Constitutional Crisis" for CSPAN. She argues that the South believed secession "dissolve…
4 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 572: Secession in Atlanta?
Some people in Atlanta want out, and they are asking the State legislature to let them become the city of Buckhead. This is think locally, act loca…
4 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 571: The "Cult of Robert E. Lee"
If you think Robert E. Lee was and is a great American, you are part of a cult, at least according to English professor and Harvard grad Laurie Bro…
4 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 570: Was Martin Luther King a Conservative?
If you listen to some modern conservatives, not only was Martin Luther King a conservative, but so was Frederick Douglass and Elizabeth Cady Stanto…
4 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 569: David Barton Doesn't Know Nullification
If you get your history from David Barton, you are already behind the curve. That is especially true if you listen to Barton about federalism, dece…
4 years, 9 months ago