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Southern Tradition

Pretenses

By Robert Peters

You might call it propaganda, state lies, fraud, illusions or delusions. I prefer pretenses which afford the peddler thereof and the hapless fool who buys into them just the degree of deniability so that they… »

  • Northern Studies
  • Republican Party
  • Robert Peters
  • Southern History
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  • Southern Tradition
  • United States Constitution

Deep Water

By Jason Stewart

A review of Deep Water: The Mississippi River in the Age of Mark Twain (LSU Press, 2019) by Thomas Ruys Smith In Deep Water: the Mississippi River in the Age of Mark Twain prominent Mississippi… »

  • Book Review
  • Featured
  • Jason Stewart
  • Mark Twain
  • Mississippi River
  • Southern Literature
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  • Thomas Ruys Smith

A Southern Critique of Radical Chic

By Casey Chalk

“The Southerner is usually tolerant of those weaknesses that proceed from innocence,” observed Southern Gothic author and native Georgian Flannery O’Connor. But what about those weaknesses that don’t? Well, then the offender may require rebuke,… »

  • Casey Chalk
  • Political Correctness
  • Social Justice
  • Southern Literature
  • Southern Tradition
  • Tom Wolfe

VMI Test Case for the Country

By Forrest L. Marion

In May of this year, George Floyd died; seven months later, the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) removed its statue of Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson from its prominent position at the nation’s oldest state-supported four-year military… »

  • Confederate Monuments
  • Forrest Marion
  • Political Correctness
  • Southern Culture
  • Southern Tradition
  • Stonewall Jackson

Meditations on a Couple of Old Postcards

By Cliff Page

I saw a pile of household goods on the side of the road a couple of days ago, as I was picking up a friend to take him to the store. It was a blighting… »

  • Cliff Page
  • Robert E. Lee
  • Southern Art
  • Southern Culture
  • Southern Tradition

Agrarianism, Republicanism, and Laissez Faire

By Joseph R. Stromberg

From the 2020 Abbeville Institute conference on “Who Owns America?” October 16-17, 2020 in Charleston, SC.

  • Agrarianism
  • I'll Take My Stand
  • Joseph R. Stromberg
  • Southern Economics
  • Southern Tradition
  • Who Owns America

Who Owns America? Populism, Political Economy, and Corporate Personality

By Jack Trotter

From the 2020 Abbeville Institute conference on “Who Owns America?” October 16-17, 2020 in Charleston, SC.

  • Agrarianism
  • Jack Trotter
  • Southern Economics
  • Southern Tradition
  • Who Owns America

The Blundering Generations and the Crisis of Legitimacy

By John Devanny

Crises of legitimacy are rarely resolved without some resort to violence. The European experience in the seventeenth century is generously populated with examples: The English Civil War, Le Fronde I and II, The Thirty Years… »

  • John Devanny
  • Southern Culture
  • Southern Politics
  • Southern Tradition
  • War for Southern Independence
  • Yankees

A Grandfather’s Love

By Travis Holt

Most all of us who were fortunate enough to know our Grandfather has experienced his love. It may be expressed in many ways, whether it be a spoken ‘Well done’ or an ‘I love you’,… »

  • Southern Culture
  • Southern Tradition
  • Travis Holt

Identity Politics and the Southern Gentleman

By Casey Chalk

Earlier this year, shortly after the sad and unfortunate death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, I witnessed an especially peculiar example of one of the many thousands (perhaps millions?) of debates on social media regarding… »

  • Casey Chalk
  • Gone With The Wind
  • Margaret Mitchell
  • Southern Culture
  • Southern Gentleman
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