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Leave Calhoun Alone

By H. Lee Cheek, Jr.

Perhaps no American thinker has suffered more in recent days than John C. Calhoun, whose work and personage are often dismissed by his critics for a single phrase attributed to him, diminishing the careful and… »

  • H. Lee Cheek
  • John C. Calhoun
  • Political Correctness

Donald Davidson Revisted

By H. Lee Cheek, Jr.

Mel Bradford has argued that no individual has exerted more influence upon the development of a profession of letters this century in the South than Donald Davidson. The poet, essayist, and social critic is well… »

  • Agrarianism
  • Donald Davidson
  • H. Lee Cheek
  • Southern Literature

Yale’s Folly

By H. Lee Cheek, Jr.

By H. Lee Cheek, Jr. and Sean Busick The effort to rename Calhoun College at Yale University has won the day.  After initially deciding not to rename Calhoun College last year, a special presidentially-appointed taskforce… »

  • H. Lee Cheek
  • John C. Calhoun
  • Political Correctness
  • Yale
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Agrarianism and Cultural Renewal

By H. Lee Cheek, Jr.

This essay was originally printed at The Imaginative Conservative. Among the contributions to I’ll Take My Stand, Allen Tate’s “Remarks on the Southern Religion” is usually interpreted as the most acerbic, immoderate, and unusual essay… »

  • Agrarianism
  • H. Lee Cheek
  • I'll Take My Stand
  • John Randolph of Roanoke
  • M.E. Bradford
  • Southern Culture
  • Thomas Jefferson

“The Last Roman”: John Caldwell Calhoun

By H. Lee Cheek, Jr.

Born in 1782 near Abbeville, South Carolina, Calhoun’s educational opportunities were limited, albeit advanced by the occasional tutelage offered by his brother-in-law, Reverend Moses Waddel. After his parents’ death and a period of self-education, Calhoun… »

  • H. Lee Cheek
  • John C. Calhoun
  • Southern Conservatism
  • Southern History
  • Southern Politics

Luther Martin Revisited

By H. Lee Cheek, Jr.

As a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and as an eminent lawyer and statesman, Martin defended state sovereignty and the diffusion of political authority. He is usually identified as an Antifederalist. Martin was responsible for… »

  • H. Lee Cheek
  • John Marshall
  • Luther Martin
  • Republicanism
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • United States Constitution

Republicanism and Liberty: The “Patrick Henry”/”Onslow” Debate

By H. Lee Cheek, Jr.

The fiercely contested, yet inconclusive election of 1824 set the stage for one of the great debates of American political history. According to Irving Bartlett, “the key to understanding Calhoun’s political behavior and thinking from… »

  • Carey Roberts
  • Carl Jones
  • H. Lee Cheek
  • John C. Calhoun
  • Republicanism
  • Sean Busick
  • United States Constitution
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The Southern Constitutional Tradition, Part II: Keeping and Restraining the Republic by Lee Cheek

By H. Lee Cheek, Jr.
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  • Understanding the South and the Southern Tradition
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The Southern Constitutional Tradition, Part I: Founders and Framer by Lee Cheek

By H. Lee Cheek, Jr.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/AILectures/2013+summer+school/Abb13%232lc.mp3
  • Understanding the South and the Southern Tradition

Reconsidering Alexander H. Stephens

By H. Lee Cheek, Jr.

Limited by a popular and academic culture at the beginning of the 21st century that denigrates the past and places too much confidence in the present, the thoughtful student of Georgia politics and history should… »

  • Alexander H. Stephens
  • H. Lee Cheek
  • Jefferson Davis
  • Jr.
  • Sean Busick
  • War for Southern Independence

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