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Houston Middleton

Houston Middleton practices law in Lake Charles, Louisiana, where he lives with his wife and three young children. A native of Mobile, Alabama, Houston received his bachelor’s degrees in 2006 from Louisiana State University and his law degree in 2009 from Emory University. Together with one of his heroes, the great early 20th century English Catholic critic of modernity G.K. Chesterton, Houston believes that in our time “America and the whole world is crying out for the spirit of the Old South.”

Say It Ain’t So, Joe! Blog

Say It Ain’t So, Joe!

Joe Biden is at it again.  The longtime senator from Delaware, former Vice President of the United States, and current Democratic presidential nomination front-runner recently confirmed his reputation as a human gaffe machine by admitting, in public, that he maintained cordial relations with Southern segregationist colleagues in the Senate forty-five years ago.  After acknowledging that he’s “old-fashioned” compared to “the…
Houston Middleton
July 1, 2019
Our Interesting Times Blog

Our Interesting Times

There is an old Chinese curse the English translation of which is “May you live in interesting times.”  The implication of the curse, of course, is that it is better to live in seemingly dull and tranquil times, times in which little occurs that would threaten to upset the peaceful daily rhythm of the accursed’s life.  Let us set aside…
Houston Middleton
February 11, 2019
If You Think So, Say So Blog

If You Think So, Say So

This is the gravestone of my great-great-great grandfather, Benjamin Parks Middleton, located in the Bethel Baptist Church cemetery between the towns of Hazelhurst and Georgetown in Copiah County, Mississippi. He was a farmer from that area and, to my knowledge, was not a slave-owner. Benjamin served as a private in the 6th Mississippi infantry unit of the Confederate States Army…
Houston Middleton
September 1, 2017