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Nullification and Secession: Solutions or Talking Points?

By James Ronald Kennedy

Many of us in the South have maintained our faith in the Constitutional right of nullification and secession despite the efforts of massed, bloody, Yankee bayonets. But is the talk about nullification and secession an… »

  • Alexander Hamilton
  • James Madison
  • James Ronald Kennedy
  • Nullification
  • Secession

Is Dixie A Captive Nation?

By James Ronald Kennedy

Is the South today a captive nation? Most Southerners would never consider the question—most likely because they would deem the issue to be absurd. But is it inane to ask such a question—is it forbidden… »

  • James Ronald Kennedy
  • Southern History
  • Southern Politics

The Only Way to Drain the Swamp

By James Ronald Kennedy

“When you are up to your hindquarters in alligators—it is hard to remember that your intentions were to drain the swamp.”  This old country-boy saying seems most appropriate for President Trump as he attempts to… »

  • Federalism
  • James Ronald Kennedy
  • Nullification
  • Secession
  • Southern Politics

“White Privilege” or “Yankee Privilege?”

By James Ronald Kennedy

White privilege has become a major leftwing talking point and justification for a plethora of progressive initiatives that can best be described as reverse racial discrimination. White privilege is the mirror image of white supremacy. … »

  • James Ronald Kennedy
  • Northern Studies
  • Political Correctness
  • Reconstruction

The Ad Too Hot to Print—Progressive Censorship in Action

By James Ronald Kennedy

The promise of “Freedom of the Press” becomes meaningless when large national “Progressive/Liberal” conglomerates maintain a virtual monopoly on access to newsprint within a given geographical area. Their virtual monopoly provides them with the opportunity… »

  • Confederate Monuments
  • James Ronald Kennedy
  • Political Correctness
  • Southern History
  • War for Southern Independence

Trump Wins–Secession Back in Style

By James Ronald Kennedy

  Only days after Donald Trump’s victory there were already calls for secession arising from liberal controlled states of California and Oregon. While such calls may be an over-reaction, it does help to make a… »

  • Donald Trump
  • James Ronald Kennedy
  • Secession

David Duke Does Not Represent Conservative Louisiana

By James Ronald Kennedy

The perennial champion of racial division and hatred has, unfortunately, returned to Louisiana politics. Duke’s return will be a boon to his race-hustling counterparts on the left. The likes of Al Sharpton and the Southern… »

  • Black Southerners
  • Confederate Flag
  • James Ronald Kennedy
  • Southern Conservatism
  • War for Southern Independence

Post Appomattox Fallacies Justifying Federal Tyranny

By James Ronald Kennedy

“We the people” of Dixie are in a unique position in today’s America. We are, though most Southerners do not realize it, a conquered and occupied people. A people of a once free nation—the Confederate… »

  • Alexander H. Stephens
  • James Ronald Kennedy
  • Secession
  • Southern History
  • Southern Politics
  • War for Southern Independence

Up From Liberalism—Fifty-Seven Years Later

By James Ronald Kennedy

It has been fifty-seven years since the Weaverville, North Carolina native Richard Weaver (1910-1963) published an article in Modern Age titled Up From Liberalism (Fall-Winter 1957-8, Vol. 3, No. 1, p 21-32). In the article… »

  • Agrarianism
  • James Ronald Kennedy
  • Richard Weaver
  • Southern Conservatism

The Art of Remembering

By James Ronald Kennedy

We gather here today to honor the memory of brave men who willingly faced the deadly fire of war in order to protect their kith and kin—their blood relatives, their friends and neighbors—they fought to… »

  • James Ronald Kennedy
  • Robert E. Lee
  • Southern History
  • War for Southern Independence

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