My new friend and compatriot Valerie Protopapas has given me permission to publish some of her fearless work, which I will be doing piecemeal over the coming months. I am honored since this prolific writer is a fearless firebrand to the core. Now, the word firebrand has a long and diverse history. Its varied meanings …
The rabid anti-Semitism spewing forth from the 2020 National Defense Appropriations Act (NDAA) and its Naming Commission in its final report aims to tear down the iconic artwork of Jewish sculptor and Civil War veteran Moses Ezekiel, who was not only the first Jewish cadet at the Virginia Military Institute but was also the “the first …
Valerie Protopapas of New York is a prolific and unreconstructed defender of Southern history, the world authority on the great Confederate partisan John Singleton Mosby, and is former editor of The Southern Cavalry Review, the journal of The Stuart-Mosby Historical Society. In her compelling story-telling style, Protopapas offers up myth-busting facts on “The Gray Ghost,” …
Father Joseph Gleason, editor of Russian Faith, is an American-born Orthodox priest who has lived in Russia with his wife and eight children for the past five years. Fr. Joseph also has his own Substack called Fr. Joe’s Newsletter – Moving to Russia: Escaping America & Western Europe and is a contributor to Global Orthodox …
Michael Sisco, host of the Trad Forum, visits the DM podcast for the second time to explain the event, which takes place next month in the Mountain State. Speakers include an array of voices who share traditional Christian values. Each will discuss how he (or she, in my case) thinks ancient wisdom can help guide …
By Earl Starbuck As I grow older my appreciation for the wisdom of my parents increases. As the United States descend daily further into madness, I find myself torn between being glad they aren’t here to be angered and tormented by the tragedy, wickedness, and vicious idiocy of the times, and a strong desire to …
By Al Benson Jr. There was a good article on Liberty Nation recently about how the political left … “desperately wants to keep parents from homeschooling their children.” The article stated that: “What happens when parents realize the public school system isn’t all it’s cracked up to be and start seeking other alternatives? Ever since …
By Daniel B. Rundquist A mosquito gently lands on my thigh as I sit on my deck enjoying a glass of lemonade. I slap it. Did I just kill a mosquito, or was it one of the genetically modified mosquitoes that are all the rage these days? Was I just injected by some synthetic protein …
Kaleb of Atlanta, a.k.a. Patriarch Prime, is an Orthodox Christian, a writer, and a popular Twitter provocateur who has recently landed in the woke cross hairs. Kaleb says his “intent is to spread the Orthodox Faith to African Americans,” but the straightforward, bold evangelism of this “maker of many radicals” crosses all racial lines and …
By John on Teams St. Joseph’s in Gaston County is the oldest standing Catholic church in North Carolina. It was the first Catholic church west of Raleigh and was funded by William Gaston, N.C. Supreme Court justice and author of our state song “The Old North State.” Twenty years ago, the late Fr. Carl was …