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Federalism

The Atlantic Gets It Wrong, Again

By Aaron Gleason

I don’t have time to detail everything the piece in question gets wrong, because it’s a lot. I’m sure this will be fodder for Abbeville posts for a long time, so I’m going to focus… »

  • Aaron Gleason
  • Confederate States Constitution
  • Federalism
  • Marshall DeRosa
  • Slavery
  • Stephanie McCurry
  • War for Southern Independence

Expertitis

By Walter D. (Donnie) Kennedy

Watching events unfold as the non-pandemic/pandemic worked its way across the fruited plain has been an eye-opening experience.  For those of us who have been warning Americans that the Constitution is nothing but a paper… »

  • Donnie Kennedy
  • Federalism
  • United States Constitution

Blackstone’s Influence on American Political Philosophy

By Barry Clark

The question before us, ‘how did the writings of Blackstone influence American political philosophy, and what evidence for this influence is seen in Tocqueville’s observations of American political life?’ is perhaps best quantified with qualifiers… »

  • Barry Clark
  • Federalism
  • Southern Politics
  • United States Constitution
  • William Blackstone

Panic, Prohibition, Phobias, and (for perfect alliteration) Phools

By Paul H. Yarbrough

The government is not going to rescue all the businesses that go under as a result of the Corvid-19 virus panic. It doesn’t matter how much money is printed, printed money is not real, It… »

  • Donald Trump
  • Federalism
  • Northern Studies
  • Paul Yarbrough

Poison Under the Wings

By John Devanny

The beginning of the American political order goes much further back than the Philadelphia Convention of 1787.  Political scientists and political theorists are understandably fixated on the Constitution and the convention that produced it.  Eric… »

  • Alexander Hamilton
  • Federalism
  • James Madison
  • John Devanny
  • Secession
  • United States Constitution

Taylor and Jefferson on Secession

By Brion McClanahan

One of the most enduring myths of American history centers on the “compact theory” of the Constitution. According to the standard interpretation, Thomas Jefferson and his fellow Republicans invented the “theory” to challenge Federalist control… »

  • Brion McClanahan
  • Federalism
  • John Taylor of Caroline
  • Nationalism
  • Secession
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • United States Constitution

“My Countrymen”

By Gerald Lefurgy

Charles Francis Adams was the grandson and son of former-Presidents John and John Quincy Adams. It ​is therefore of little surprise he himself embarked on career and life of public prominence as an educator, ​newspaperman,… »

  • Charles Francis Adams
  • Federalism
  • Gerald Lefurgy
  • Reconciliation
  • War for Southern Independence

Root, Root, Root for the Home Team

By Brian Koss

The 150th season of college football serves as a reminder of the intersection between sports and local communities. While the nationalization of sports media outlets brings games and analysis to every living room in America,… »

  • Brian Koss
  • Federalism
  • Southern Sports
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Is it Time for America to Break Apart?

By Boyd Cathey

There is a question that increasingly arises, uncomfortably, in our conversations…from brief exchanges at work at the water cooler, at home with family, after church on Sunday, with our email messages to friends and associates.… »

  • Boyd Cathey
  • Federalism
  • Nationalism
  • Nullification
  • Secession
  • State's Rights

The United States is Not a Nation

By Allen Mendenhall

Earlier this month, prominent names in the conservative movement gathered in Washington, DC, for a conference on “National Conservatism.” Speakers included such luminaries as Tucker Carlson, Peter Thiel, J.D. Vance, John Bolton, Michael Anton, Rich… »

  • Allen Mendenhall
  • Federalism
  • Nationalism

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