Blog Triumph and Subjugation In 1935 Lyon Gardiner Tyler – descendant of 10th President John Tyler – wrote: “The…Valerie ProtopapasApril 21, 2022
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Blog The Disappearance of Southern Conservatism Abraham Lincoln has become, for most mainline conservatives, an icon, and, along with Martin Luther…Boyd CatheyMay 3, 2021
Blog A Fig for the Constitution “A fig for the Constitution” if it does not protect our most basic rights was…James Ronald KennedyFebruary 11, 2021
Blog Defining Southern Conservatism Southern conservatism is considered an enigma when juxtaposed against the bipartisan political configuration having been…Brad PondFebruary 4, 2021
Blog A Red and Blue Divorce? The red and the blue—states that is-- are as different as the colorless black and…Paul H. YarbroughDecember 14, 2020
Blog A Neo-Confederate Prediction of Post-Election America The political chaos that has accompanied President Trump’s first term will not abate anytime soon.…Marshall DeRosaOctober 27, 2020
Blog Authority vs. Power This morning a good friend sent me an article from The Imaginative Conservative (easily one…Aaron GleasonSeptember 28, 2020
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Blog Democracy vs. Aristocracy in Virginia in 1830 There is in some of our libraries a certain book which the writer of this…Jeffrey R. BrackettJune 14, 2019
Blog The Limits of a Politics of Tolerance Secession, nullification, and interposition, like the poor, we shall always have with us. These are…John DevannyJune 10, 2019
Blog Remembering Real Southern Statesmen Over the years I have known a few—very few—politicians whom I have admired greatly. It…Boyd CatheyJune 5, 2019
Blog The Southern Tradition Promotes Domestic Peace I want to tell you a story that you won’t read in the mainstream news.…Marcus Ruiz EvansJune 3, 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
Review Posts John C. Calhoun and “State’s Rights” The following is an abridged version of a chapter which will appear in the…James Rutledge RoeschAugust 25, 2015
Blog We Are All Jeffersonians Thomas Jefferson is perhaps the greatest enigma of the American age. He wrote and spoke…Brion McClanahanApril 13, 2015
Blog The Antidote for Yankee Self-Righteous Delusional Disorder The closing days of the sesquicentennial has offered media outlets the chance to reflect on…Brion McClanahanApril 10, 2015
Blog John Tyler Son of Virginia From the Confederate Veteran Magazine, Volume 4, 1916, pages 4-5. John Tyler, distinguished Virginian and…Abbeville InstituteApril 2, 2015
Clyde Wilson Library A Southern Tradition: Restraining Bad Government In talking about the Southern political tradition, it is most appropriate to point to the…Clyde WilsonApril 1, 2015
Blog Calhoun on American Government, Politics, and War "When it comes to be once understood that politics is a game; that those who…Clyde WilsonMarch 19, 2015
Blog Please “Dump Dixie” Michael Tomasky at the Daily Beast believes “It’s Time to Dump Dixie.” Please do. He…Brion McClanahanDecember 10, 2014
Clyde Wilson Library The Southern Political Tradition: Society Before Government The history of the South is yet to be written. He who writes it need…Clyde WilsonJuly 3, 2014
Blog Cheesehead Secessionists In April, several members of the Wisconsin Republican Party inserted a resolution in the State…Brion McClanahanMay 22, 2014
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