In Tidewater, the meaning of liberty was being “unbound,” or having the economic independence as a Southern gentleman to enjoy a life of leisure while cultivating virtue, refinement and engaging in public service
What caused the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain?
A pretty portrait of the best economy ever
In 1670 and 1671, the founding fathers of the Deep South arrived from the Caribbean and dropped anchor off the coast of what is now Charleston
In the Deep South, the meaning of liberty was economic prosperity and growth
Fulwar Skipworth’s take on the rise of finance capitalism
What is real and authentic Southern conservatism? It has nothing whatsoever in common with “mainstream conservatism”
Boomer Judeo-Christianity is having an increasingly difficult time reproducing itself
Documentary: Jim Webb’s Born Fighting: The Scots-Irish
How was Judeo-Christian Zionism transplanted to Dixie during the poverty of the New South?
A book review of Wayne Flynt’s Alabama In The Twentieth Century
From sharecropping to space in a generation
From Confederate Alabama to Colonial Alabama
Jeffersonianism retarded Alabama’s economic development
Why did John Wilkes Booth assassinate President Abraham Lincoln in 1865?
In the aftermath of the War Between the States, ex-Confederate soldiers were forced to “swallow the dog”
A book review of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Agriculture & Industry
A book review of Michael Lind’s Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States
A book review of C. Vann Woodward’s Origins of the New South, 1877-1913
In the Backcountry, the meaning of liberty was symbolized by the rattlesnake. It meant leave me alone
In the antebellum era, Appalachia had an economy on par with the rest of the South, but after the War Between the States it was ruthlessly exploited by Northern capitalists
How Central Appalachia was ravaged, exploited and underdeveloped by free-market capitalism
The economic impact of free-trade on Southern manufacturing since the passage of NAFTA and the WTO
How our trip to see the home of Jesse James was cut short
The Missouri River Valley was settled by Southerners like Jesse James who was the first to “Secure the Bag”
In the early 20th century, a privately owned railroad network under free-market capitalism kept the Southern economy in thrall to Northern Robber Barons
In the Mississippi of the 1890s, populists began to revolt against the conservative Bourbon Democrats, and eventually elected Gov. James K. Vardaman as their “Great White Chief.” He later became a US Senator from Mississippi
We are living in the moral ruins of a great civilization
Adolf Hitler is 130 years old today!
In the 20th century, Southerners built national and state parks to conserve our environment and to allow everyone to enjoy nature, which wasn’t possible under the previous system
A stroll through history and the ecological devastation caused by free-market capitalism
Southwest Georgia has its own miniature version of the Grand Canyon
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