For much of the 19th century, it was fashionable for academics and historians in the West to subscribe to the “Great Man Theory” of history. The Great Man Theory, as it name implies, contends that the course of human events… Read More ›
Reconstruction
But The Hate Remains The Same: Reconstruction & A Changing Of The Guard in Southern Politics
History is not a linear thing. It is not neat, nor is it ramrod straight. It’s beginning is theoretical; its end, unknowable. History—like the rotation of the earth, the orbit of the moon and the life, death and rebirth of… Read More ›
Day 30, In Which I Carpetbag My Way Through South Carolina
I’m not going to say South Carolina is still hung up on The Civil War, but when your state has a “Confederate Relic Room & Military History Museum” that’s about 95% Confederate Relics and actually occupies the ground floor of… Read More ›
The Island of Misfit Presidents
As all 5 living US Presidents gathered together on the grounds of Dallas’ Southern Methodist University yesterday to celebrate the unveiling of The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, we were reminded that while history may be written by… Read More ›
Virally Suppressed - Muckraking For The Modern World 