The Flag Is Still There I’ve written in the past about the controversy over the huge Confederate battle flag that flies in a prominent place just off the exit from US460 to the east of the Virginia town of Farmville. The flag was erected on private property by a non-profit called Virginia Flaggers in an arrangement…
Category: States Rights
189 Years Ago Today The Republic of Texas was Born!
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836 On March 2, 1836, Texas formally declared its independence from Mexico. The Texas Declaration of Independence was signed at Washington-on-the-Brazos, now commonly referred to as the “birthplace of Texas.” Similar to the United States Declaration of Independence, this document focused on the rights of citizens to “life” and “liberty”…
Happy Birthday General Robert E. Lee!
How Does It Feel?
How Does It Feel? Americans as a whole are now realizing what it’s like to be treated as the South has been treated for a century and a half: Your heritage, culture, and sovereignty mean nothing. You are stupid and backwards and lazy, never mind any history which suggests otherwise—that’s actively being erased and…
The Empire Wants You Dead
The Empire Wants You Dead Joe Biden, if nothing else, appears to be bound and determined to make the last few weeks of his presidency interesting. He’s granted pardons at an absolutely insane rate, including some truly despicable characters. What’s even more striking is that, unlike Bill Clinton or Donald Trump, there does not…
On This Day in History: December 20, 1860
South Carolina’s state convention voted 169-0 on this day in favor of “dissolving the union now subsisting between South Carolina and the other states” declaring itself an “Independent Commonwealth.” Five states were to follow South Carolina’s lead within weeks – Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana. Then came the big one of Texas, followed…
Texas News: Texas approves new Bible-based curriculum for elementary schools
Texas approves new Bible-based curriculum for elementary schools The Texas board of education voted 8-7 on Friday to approve a new Bible-based curriculum in elementary schools. The curriculum, called “Bluebonnet Learning”, could be implemented as soon as August 2025 and affects English and language arts teaching material for kindergarten through fifth grade public school classes. Teachers…
Know Your Southern History: Causes of Southern Secession in the Upper South, Part 1
Part 1: Causes of Southern Secession in the Upper South “If centralism is ultimately to prevail; if our entire system of free Institutions as established by our common ancestors is to be subverted, and an Empire is to be established in their stead; if that is to be the last scene of the great…
Flashback Machine: Anybody and Anything Federal is the Enemy
Day #4 – Facing Major Crisis, Private Sector Groups Working Furiously to Assist Western Carolina Region Distress? I think We Passed Distress A LONG time ago. Day of Reckoning
If At First You Don’t Secede, Try Again
If At First You Don’t Secede, Try Again I’ve written in the past about the Greater Idaho movement, whose goal is the secession of a number of counties in eastern Oregon and their merger with Idaho, their eastern neighbor. Oregon is not the only state where counties are looking to secede: a group of counties…