If you’re in need of a last-minute Christmas gift for that Dixian or Copperhead on your nice list, or even for (or more especially for) that Yankee on your naughty list, look no further. “The Honorable Cause: A Free South” is just the thing for you. Published in late March 2023, the book aims “to …
I sometimes cross-publish my children’s essays when I think they’re worthy of my readers’ time. This is such a work: an excellent book review from my eldest son from a while back when he was age 15. Enjoy! By Houston Lee DillinghamAugust 2022 Although some historical inaccuracies and controversies have arisen from the book over …
“I’ve never heard anything about this event before. Ever!” said my big sister after reading my son Zeke’s book report back in May 2021. “What a fascinating paper!” That’s a pretty ringing endorsement considering that my oldest sis is both extremely well-read and quite the history buff. So, just what was the book my then …
Robert E. Lee wanted to make “the struggling Washington College [now Washington & Lee University] … a place for young Southerners to learn and to become good citizens,” wrote Anne Wilson Smith in her new book, “Robert E. Lee: A History Book for Kids.” Yet, real education and civic responsibility are under attack like never …
These calamitous days have me pondering the parallels between us soft and selfish moderns and the tenacious Southerners who lived through the War of Northern Aggression. What were their hardships really like? Would we be able to withstand even one day of what Confederates (both military and noncombatants) were subjected? Are our battles the same? …
I began reading “The Land We Love” on the long flight back to the U.S. from Helsinki last January. My family and I had been on a three-week vacation in Russia, and our experiences gave me such a keen insight into the dramatic history and resilience of the Russian people, especially among the rekindled and …
The “Ok Boomer” meme has been an ongoing joke in alternative media for a while now, but corporate media just recently caught wind of it and predictably had a tizzy, saying it “marks the end of friendly generational relations.” “You can’t stereotype like that,” lectured the apparatchicks while tightly clutching their pearls. “Those seniors deserve …
“Fools are my theme, let satire be my song,” wrote Lord Byron. The Romantic-era poet embraced the power of using humor to critique what he saw as the hypocrisy, pomposity, and absurdity of the establishment. Challenging the self-defined sense of importance and virtue among the elite has always been a balm for nonconformists. In Lord …