John C. Calhoun: Anti-Imperialist
The mission of the Abbeville Institute, to redeem what is worthwhile in the Southern tradition, is an embattled one. The dominant powers in American discourse today have succeeded in confining the South to a dark… »
Randolph of Roanoke and the War Party, 1806-2015
Few who encounter John Randolph of Roanoke in the pages of American history ever forget that inimitable, irrepressible figure. Randolph, a son of one of the “First Families” of Virginia, was the passionate, principled champion… »
The South and the West, Part 2
It seems my mission here is to bring to your attention unfamiliar and unfashionable truths about American history. Let me give you another one. The American West, the frontier, was NOT conquered and settled by… »
The Battle of New Orleans
The Eighth of January was on everyone’s tongue once, in similar fashion to the Fourth of July, for Andrew Jackson’s victory at the Battle of New Orleans occurred on this day in 1815, 200 years… »
