Blog Secession: The Point of the Spear Secession: The point of the spear aimed at the heart of the American Leviathan –…Terry HulseyNovember 20, 2020
Review Posts Secession Becomes Thinkable A review of American Secession: The Looming Threat of a National Breakup (Encounter Books, 2020)…Donald LivingstonOctober 20, 2020
Blog The Culture War Continues The culture war rages on. And what a war! There seems to be a new…Donald LivingstonDecember 23, 2019
Blog The Death of a Christian “Knight Without Fear”–RIP Aaron Wolf A week ago Sunday—Easter Sunday, April 21—Aaron D. Wolf, Executive Editor of Chronicles Magazine, passed…Boyd CatheyMay 1, 2019
Blog The Southern Critique of Centralization The Southern political tradition, in practice and theory, is one of its most valuable contributions…Donald LivingstonJanuary 28, 2019
Blog What Does the Fracturing of the American Identity Mean for the Southern Tradition? The Abbeville Institute conducted three conferences this year on the fracturing of American national identity…Donald LivingstonDecember 17, 2018
Blog A Red and Blue Coalition? On June 20, 1816, Thomas Jefferson wrote to William Crawford: “If any state in the…Donald LivingstonOctober 15, 2018
Blog Modern Heresy Essayist William Deresiewicz recently lamented that modern college students, and college life in general, have…Donald LivingstonApril 18, 2018
Blog Student Experiences “Head-On Racism” at the University of South Carolina? Tobias Lanz has been an adjunct professor of political science for some twenty years at…Donald LivingstonApril 9, 2018
Blog Calhoun’s Meaning that “Slavery is a Positive Good”? John C. Calhoun–valedictorian of his class at Yale, Vice President, Secretary of War, and Senator–was…Donald LivingstonNovember 17, 2017
Blog When the South Was America 1607-1861 Dr. Donald Livingston on "When the South Was America, 1607-1861" at the 2016 Abbeville Institute…Donald LivingstonDecember 27, 2016
Blog Is the Mississippi State Flag “Anti-American”? United States District Judge Carlton Reeves is considering a lawsuit by Mississippi attorney Carlos Moore…Donald LivingstonApril 15, 2016
Media Posts What Secession Is Donald Livingston discusses the nature and meaning of secession at the 2003 Abbeville Institute Summer…Donald LivingstonSeptember 16, 2015
Review Posts Does the Just War Tradition Need Selective Conscientious Objection? INTRODUCTION It is dangerous to attempt an article on a topic so relevant and current.…Jacob ShatzerApril 21, 2015
Blog Tom Watson Brown Tom Watson Brown was an icon of the Southern tradition and one of its strongest…Donald LivingstonNovember 27, 2014
Media Posts The Market, The State, and Human Salvation Dr. Donald Livingston discusses the proper size and scale of government at the Lindenwood University…Donald LivingstonJune 9, 2014
Media Posts Abel P. Upshur’s Critique of Joseph Story’s Commentaries on the United States Constitution Dr. Donald Livingston at the 2004 Abbeville Institute Summer School: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYgIHqQwK2UDonald LivingstonJune 3, 2014
Media Posts Jefferson, Republicanism, and the Problems of Size and Scale Donald Livingston discusses the Jeffersonian philosophy of small republics and the proper size and scale…Donald LivingstonApril 17, 2014
Blog Jefferson Davis and the Kenner Mission A few months back, I had a student ask me about Don Livingston's characterization of…Brion McClanahanApril 14, 2014
Media Posts Jefferson vs. Lincoln This two part lecture by Abbeville Institute founder Don Livingston concentrates on the dichotomy between…Donald LivingstonApril 3, 2014
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