Emancipate This!
A Japanese neighbor of ours in Tokyo, a former university professor, has written a number of books on American and Western humor, with some of his material covering the witticisms of Abraham Lincoln. One such… »
Juneteenth: A Celebration of Nothing
On June 19, 1865, Union forces arrived in Galveston, Texas and declared to the population of that state that the Emancipation Proclamation had freed its slaves. Called “Juneteenth,” it was initially celebrated in Texas, but… »
PBS’s “The Civil War”: The Mythmanagement of History
This piece was originally printed by Southern Partisan magazine in 1990. In the September issue of the American Historical Association’s newsletter, a rave review predicted that the PBS production “The Civil War” might become “the… »
