Marriage and Revolution
Here’s a brief history lesson on divorce and revolution in the United States and France from Andrew Cherlin’s The Marriage-Go-Round: The State of Marriage and […]
History
Review: A History of The Wife
Marilyn Yalom’s A History of The Wife is the second book that I bought to gain a better understanding of the history of marriage and gender […]
Republicanism, Americanism, and the Demise of Traditional Marriage
The following excerpt comes from Stephanie Coontz’s book, Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage: “During the eighteenth century the spread of the market economy […]
The Medieval Wife: Part One
Here are my notes on marriage in the Middle Ages from Marilyn Yalom’s book A History of the Wife: In the Middle Ages, the Catholic […]
Gay Marriage In The Roman Empire
The following excerpt comes from Marilyn Yalom’s The History of The Wife: “Nero, the flamboyant Roman emperor who ruled from 54 to 68 C.E., went […]
A History of The Wife
This was written by a feminist, but it sounds like an interesting book: “How did marriage, considered a religious duty in medieval Europe, become a […]
Women In Early Modern Europe, 1500-1800
Editor’s Note: Consider this a companion guide to the latest podcast over at the Stormer. I’ve chosen the Early Modern Era to illustrate what life […]
Free Love To LGBTTQQFAGPBDSM: Sliding Down The Slippery Slope
In the United States, the idea that anyone should be able to fornicate with whoever they want, whenever they want, without interference from the state […]
League of the South To Celebrate Lincoln’s Assassination In Maryland
“That means nigger citizenship. Now, by God, I’ll put him through. That is the last speech he will ever make.” – John Wilkes Booth “After […]
Black History Month 2015: The Prophecy of Nongqawuse
Now that we are officially in Black History Month 2015, here’s a timely excerpt from Martin Meredith’s new book, The Fortunes of Africa: “After eight […]
Oregon: The Failed White Republic
Interesting read: “When Oregon was granted statehood in 1859, it was the only state in the Union admitted with a constitution that forbade black people […]
The Jew Bill of 1753
Here’s another thought provoking excerpt from Robert Middlekauff’s The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789. This excerpt is about the failure of a Jewish naturalization bill […]
Origins of Americanism: The Radical Whig Tradition
Here’s an important excerpt from Robert Middlekauff’s The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789: “In this environment conventional wisdom came to hold that plots and […]
League of the South Participates In Lee-Jackson Day In Lexington, VA
H/T SNN Here’s a write up of the League of the South’s participation in the recent Lee-Jackson Day festivities in Lexington: “League of the South […]
Republicanism and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Since we are celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a federal holiday in the United States, today would be an appropriate occasion to remind everyone […]
Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Other Side of The Story
There’s nothing about the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. that I or anyone else in the blogosphere will be sharing this afternoon that can top […]
Review: Congo: The Epic History of a People
David van Reybrouck’s Congo: The Epic History of a People is a longwinded narrative that attempts to avoid the pitfalls of “Eurocentrism” in conventional historical accounts […]
Congolese Economics
Editor’s Note: This excerpt comes from David von Reybrouck’s Congo: The Epic History of a People. Nothing that follows in Reybrouck’s account comes as any […]
The Simba Rebellion
We’re now several years into independence in the Democratic Republic of Congo: “Mama Lungeni saw the rebels come to town. In early August of 1964 […]
Congo’s Independence
I’m getting to the good part now in this massive book on the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo … first, this is the […]
Congo’s Mineral Wealth
Here’s an important excerpt from David Van Reybrouck’s new book, Congo: The Epic History of a People: “Beneath its surface, Congo turned out to conceal […]
Review: Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later
If you ever get the chance, I highly recommend watching the HBO documentary “Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later.” Fifty years after President Eisenhower used […]
Little Rock Central High School: 57 Years Later, A Blighted Ghetto
While we were in Little Rock last weekend, several members of our group went to check out Central High School, which was at the center […]
Poor Mark Patrick George
Here’s the latest wrinkle in the campaign against Confederate monuments in Georgia: “The Valdosta State University professor who recently called for ending all state Confederate […]
If The South Was Right, Then Why Are There Rainbow Confederates?
Dr. Michael Hill has addressed the Rainbow Confederates in a new essay on the League of the South website: “Could there be any victory more […]
The Impoverishment of Appalachia
Here’s a critical passage from John Alexander Williams’ Appalachia: A History which explains how Appalachia, regardless of whether its people fought for the Union or […]
Review: A History of Appalachia
Richard B. Drake’s A History of Appalachia is an excellent introduction to the history and culture of the people of the region. The book can […]
Update: SCV Demands Apology From Washington and Lee University
Editor’s Note: Washington and Lee University has backtracked and confirmed the bullying did take place. This incident allegedly happened to a 15-year-old boy at the […]
Whither Rainbowism: Has Unrequited Negrophilia Lost Its Allure In The SCV?
Kevin Levin writes: “This is about the fact that it was a group of African-American students who successfully petitioned their school to acknowledge their interpretation […]
Lexington Washington and Lee Demonstration
Yesterday, 13 members of the Virginia/Maryland League of the South joined a crowd of around 300 protesters from the Sons of the Confederate Veterans and […]
SCLC Agitates Against Confederate Monuments and Holidays
For those who don’t know their history, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “civil rights” organization. It grew out of […]
The History of “Racism”
Alabama According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term “racism” first appeared in English in the United States in 1936 in a fascist pamphlet by […]