Bateman has presented a provocative essay on the persistence of veneration for those who fought for the Confederacy. (http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/what-an-oath-means?src=soc_fcbks) A couple of comments might not be out of place. First, one feels for a man who apparently has suffered through two divorces, at least one of them ugly. Such a situation is probably not conducive […]
By John Taylor, a Virginian Anyone who has discussed the War Between the States with a Yankee, either face to face or on-line, will find that, eventually, the Yankee will bring up Alec Stephens’ “Cornerstone Speech.” In this speech, Stephens is alleged to have said, “Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; […]
Those supposedly superior folk who ascribe evil to inanimate objects and circumstance rather than the evil within the human heart (Jeremiah 17:9); personal responsibility and stewardship plays no role, therefore by opposing a thing they relinquish their own personal guilt. So you see, guns kill, large cups make people fat, and government day care will […]