“A question settled by violence, or in disregard of law, must remain unsettled forever.”— Jefferson Davis On Thursday night, there was mass case of “Blue flu” in the Atlanta Police Department. It’s alleged that cops in three zones called in sick over the arrest of Garrett Rolfe, the offficer who’s facing felony murder charges for …
I began this series joking about how Dr. Clyde Wilson doesn’t like having his picture taken. Well, as it turns out, there are apparently only three high-resolution photos of the esteemed historian on all of planet earth, and I already used them for Parts 1, 2, and 3. Seriously. As a former newspaper designer, I …
In Part 1 and Part 2, Dr. Clyde Wilson has already covered a lot of unReconstructed ground. In this third installment, the Southern stalwart answers some great questions submitted from the rebel remnant, to whom Part 3 is dedicated. Stay tough out there, y’all. “Southerners who still value their heritage but don’t know what to …
I hope you all enjoyed Part 1 of my interview with Dr. Clyde Wilson. In this installment, the Carolina lion talks about his years in Chapel Hill, decimates modern higher “education,” explains his journalistic background, discusses his seminal academic work, gives Calhoun his due, and even offers some advice to today’s students. DM: Was your …
I first met Dr. Clyde Wilson in February 2018 at an Abbeville Institute conference in Charleston. I had been reading his many works since I began becoming more intellectually curious about Southern tradition, the War, Reconstruction, and the New South, my own Confederate ancestry, and what it all means for the world today. Once you …
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? …
When I attended the Abbeville Institute’s Secession Conference in Dallas back in November 2018, most people I know in “normal” life thought, “Sure, she’s a nice gal and all, but man, does she have some wacky ideas!” Well, I don’t think anyone’s rolling their eyes anymore. In liberty parlance, secession simply means the humane act …
Abbeville Institute founders Drs. Clyde Wilson and Don Livingston recently asked me to help out a gentleman who had contacted them regarding history curriculum suggestions for homeschoolers. We “eggheads … are limited to ‘higher education’ in our knowledge,” Wilson replied playfully, so he and Livingston passed on the request to me. Interestingly, veteran homeschoolers sometimes …
“Not until we once again recognize and articulate the transcendent value of sound thinking, wide reading, and lucid writing, will our students respond to their lessons enthusiastically.”— David Hicks, classical educator A few choice reading suggestions for pursuing real history (and economics): • Educator Michael Martin discusses the problems with textbooks and suggests some quality …
I’ve been homeschooling my three sons (now 12 and twins who are 11) going on 8 years. But much of the history curriculum (including Christian materials) either unwittingly or intentionally cheer on what Dr. Paul Gottfried describes as our “secular theocracy,” in which America isn’t defined by tangible commonalities like shared values, faith, and customs, …