Richard B. Russell

Reconsidering Richard B. Russell by Brion McClanahan

There was a time both before and after the War when the South dominated the United States Congress. In the antebellum period, James Madison, John C. Calhoun, John Randolph of Roanoke, and Henry Clay placed their mark on congressional debates, and several… »

Two Books on Nathan Bedford Forrest

Bust Hell Wide Open by James Rutledge Roesch

A review of Bust Hell Wide Open: the Life of Nathan Bedford Forrest by Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr., Regnery History, 2016. Writing a biography about Nathan Bedford Forrest – a man recognized by no less… »


A Rebel Born by Clyde Wilson

Foreword for A Rebel Born: A Defense of Nathan Bedford Forrest, Confederate General, American Legend, by Lochlainn Seabrook, Sea Raven Press, 2010. There is a story that a year or two after the great American… »

Yankee Reconstructionist Revisionism

Carpetbagging Southern History by Gail Jarvis

A common technique of Liberal ideologues is to change the meanings of words to suit their agendas. So “illegal aliens” become “undocumented immigrants” and “adolescent criminals” become “justice-involved youths.” We’re witnessing a version of this… »

Felt train sick on the way home; definitely some gas in the GI system. Not sure what the cause of it was, though I had just eaten two cookies. The cookies? Or something in the cookies? Not a pleasant ride.

ВИА Гра - Кто ты мне?

Scott Richert on The Benedict Option

Crisis Magazine

SEREBRO – Пройдё

Better than the Russian Stalingrad movie?

鄭秀文, "最後一次"

When tourists are morons

What sort of family?

Southern Identity and Southern Tradition

John Devanny

Euro-Disco Lives!

NK Military Parade

Does recent ICBM launch mean something will happen soon?

Sound More Natural in Japanese

The Reboot Is Lame

Though it is good enough for viewers 50 years old and older...

Daniel Dae Kim on 'Hawaii Five-0' Exit: "The Path to Equality Is Rarely Easy"

His character and Grace Park's character are not as imporant as the dudebro main [white] characters of McGarrett and Williams, and it seems that the network agrees. Will his next gig get him the same salary? I doubt it.

Leopold Kohr Documentary

Kirkpatrick Sale, Global Future

Bonnie Blue Flag

The future is now: Russian military unveils next-generation combat suit

Today's Google Doodle

Avoiding any controversy by honoring a conservationist instead of depicting Google's ideal Americans?

US Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps

U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps Anniversary Tattoo Part 1, 2, 3, 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7,
Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12

Behind the Old Guard Sentinels
2012 Spirit of America
240 Years of US Army uniforms in 2 minutes

Sad.

The World Turned Upside Down

It's Lonely Being Right All the Time

Some paleos may suffer from this but not as much as American Latin Catholic traditionalists? Though Latin traditionalists tend to band together; but do they get along with anyone else?

At any rate...

Does American exceptionalism still have something to offer the world?

Our national religion is a sort of divinely-mandated liberalism that makes politics a matter of securing and advancing the equal freedom to pursue our individual goals. Such a religion gives God nothing much to do once His will is accepted and the system set up. He becomes irrelevant except as an ultimate justification for the structure as a whole.

Mr. Kalb, as far as I know, didn't develop as a Paleo thinker in normal circles, though he is now associated with Chronicles Magazine. But I think paleos may dispute his version of American history and the timeline of the decline.