Robert Barnwell Rhett, the Father of Southern Nationalism, explained using clear language in his memoir the root of the conflict between the North and South in the 1860s. Rhett, who had served as a US Senator and a representative in the provisional Confederate Congress, wrote a report in the latter capacity which explained to European governments as well as to...
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The economic interests of the industrial and financial elites of the Northeast had a great deal of influence on the events which brought war to the South in the 1860s and led to half a million deaths. John V Denson, an Alabama attorney, author and adjunct scholar at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, writes about this...
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The Boston-based (90.9 WBUR) National Public Radio program ‘On Point’ with host Tom Ashbrook had as its guest today Brandeis University English professor John Burt to discuss Abraham Lincoln and the ‘evolution of American morality.’ The title of the episode is ‘What Would Lincoln Do? ’ Professor Burt specialises in writing about and criticising the Old...
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Dr Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow with the Ludwig von Mises Institute and former economic analyst for Alabama Governor Fob James, recently appeared on Next News Network to discuss Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln film and how the portrayal of the sixteenth president of the United States compares to the real Lincoln. Dr Thornton noted that while the acting and production in the movie is...
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Dr Walter E Williams, Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University, points out in a recent article at LewRockwell.com that despite the box office success and critical praise for Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, in real life the sixteenth US president was a hypocrite on the three major issues of his time: secession, slavery and the...
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Southern historian and author Dr Clyde Wilson, who has been attacked by radical anti-Southern groups for his Southern nationalist views, writes in a recent article being carried by LewRockwell.com: Lincoln’s Proclamation succeeded in one of its goals, favourable international propaganda for his war, and failed completely in another goal, the raising of a slave insurrection in...
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One of the many sacred cows that paleoconservative writer Dr Paul Gottfried takes on in his new Arktos-published book entitled War and Democracy (see SNN’s review of the book at this link) is that of the demigod status of Abraham Lincoln in US society. Dr Gottfried does so while critiquing his arch-enemies, the neoconservatives. He makes the point that...
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Alabama attorney, historian and author John V Denson was recently interviewed on Lew Rockwell’s podcast. In this interview he talked about various history books he recommends which challenge US-promoted myths about the past. In the except below you can hear his take on the 1848 Revolutions in Europe and the mass influx of Leftists to...
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Dr Thomas DiLorenzo, economics professor at Loyola University Maryland and author of The Real Lincoln, Lincoln Unmasked and Hamilton’s Curse, recently spoke on the subject of Steven Spielberg’s new movie glorifying Abraham Lincoln.  You can watch the video of DiLorenzo’s talk below. Also, be sure to check out his recent article on the same subject. Also see: Why...
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Dr Thomas DiLorenzo, economics professor at Loyola University Maryland and author of The Real Lincoln, Lincoln Unmasked and Hamilton’s Curse, recently wrote a piece for LewRockwell.com about Abraham Lincoln as a politician rather than the demi-god he is portrayed as in the US media and academia. Dr DiLorenzo’s perspective is that of a libertarian, not a Southern nationalist, but his...
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Recently, Gary Franchi of WHDT World News interviewed Lew Rockwell, the founder of the Ludwig von Mises Institute and the webmaster of the popular libertarian blog LewRockwell.com. During their conversation Franchi asked Rockwell about the legacy of Abraham Lincoln and the question of secession, which has re-emerged as a major political issue with the success of...
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Charles C Cooke, a ‘respectable conservative’ writer for the National Review, has a new article out praising Abraham Lincoln and slamming the notion of secession as ‘fringe talk’  that is ‘preposterous and counter-productive.’ Essentially, Cooke agrees with Hillary Clinton that secession is ‘unacceptable.’ The National Review, of course, is edited by Rich Lowry, a man...
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