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Trimming Ourselves to Fit the World

By Joshua Doggrell

“Black identity-mongers…are creating a phoney history and phoney traditions as escapes from very real problems of drugs, violence and social degeneration in the ghettos of the 1990s.” So wrote black columnist and philosopher Thomas Sowell… »

  • Confederate Flag
  • Confederate Symbols
  • Joshua Doggrell

The Elephant in the Room

By Valerie Protopapas

There are very few human symbols that find absolute approval or, in the alternative, disapproval. Symbols are called that because they represent something far larger than themselves. An unknown symbol is an oxymoron. At present,… »

  • Confederate Flag
  • Confederate Monuments
  • Confederate Symbols
  • Political Correctness
  • Valerie Protopapas

The Real Reason for Confederate Monuments

By Philip Leigh
  • Confederate Flag
  • Confederate Monuments
  • Confederate Symbols
  • Philip Leigh
  • War for Southern Independence

Is Nikki Haley Trying to Back Pedal on the Confederate Flag?

By Al Benson

Back in 2015 when Dylan Roof shot those black folks in their church in Charleston, South Carolina no one was quicker to denounce the Confederate flag than the governor of South Carolina, Nimrata Haley. Almost… »

  • Confederate Flag
  • Confederate Monuments
  • Confederate Symbols
  • Nikki Haley
  • Political Correctness
  • Southern Culture
  • Southern Tradition

Remembering Hero Richard Jewell — Confederate Flag Supporter

By C.W. Roden

I just finished seeing the movie trailer for the upcoming Warner Bros. Pictures film Richard Jewell produced and directed by Clint Eastwood and scheduled for US release on Friday, December 13th, starring actor Paul Walter… »

  • C.W. Roden
  • Confederate Flag
  • Political Correctness
  • Richard Jewell
  • Southern Tradition

It’s Not Your Flag!

By Michael Gaddy

Some wear the color of the sky in the winter Some were as blue as the night They came like a storm with the light of the morn And they fell through the whole day… »

  • Confederate Flag
  • Michael Gaddy
  • Political Correctness

Crazed Leftists Strike Again

By Boyd Cathey

For thirty-one years the North Carolina Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans has sponsored annually Confederate Flag Day, an event commemorating our state’s rich history and Southern heritage, held in the House of Representatives… »

  • Boyd Cathey
  • Confederate Flag
  • Confederate Monuments
  • Political Correctness

Confederaphobes

By Paul C. Graham

Presented at the Lee-Jackson Banquet, Finley’s Brigade Camp 1614 – Tallahassee, Florida, 19 January 2019 Prologue It seemed like just another day at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, for the vice chancellor of student… »

  • Confederate Flag
  • Confederate Monuments
  • Confederate Symbols
  • Paul C. Graham
  • Political Correctness
  • Southern Culture

Six Reasons to Love the Confederate Battle Flag

By Lola Sanchez

Some claim offense by the red white and blue image of the Confederate Battle flag and demand its immediate removal from public places. Others embrace it and fly it proudly. Why would in individual chose… »

  • Confederate Flag
  • Lola Sanchez
  • Political Correctness

Okinawa Confederate Flag

By Philip Leigh

Five days ago I posted an article citing Eugene Sledge’s With the Old Breed that stated the first American flag to fly over the conquered Japanese fortress at Shuri Castle during the World War II battle of Okinawa… »

  • Confederate Flag
  • Eugene Sledge
  • New South
  • Philip Leigh
  • World War II

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