Tag: Civil

I Think I’m Going to Pass on ‘Civil War’ – HotAir

I like a good disaster movie. A lot of the science fiction movies I loved as a kid (and still do) were really just disaster movies with aliens in them. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers has some fantastic scenes of Washington, DC being destroyed by the titular flying saucers.         This was essentially remade in […]

The white working class and the new American Civil War

ON THE evening of June 16 1858 at the Republican State Convention in Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln, having been chosen earlier that day by his fellow Republicans to run for the US Senate against pro-slavery Democrat Stephen A Douglas, delivered what has become known as the ‘House Divided Speech’. Lincoln’s magnificent oration got its name […]

The white working class and the new American Civil War

ON THE evening of June 16 1858 at the Republican State Convention in Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln, having been chosen earlier that day by his fellow Republicans to run for the US Senate against pro-slavery Democrat Stephen A Douglas, delivered what has become known as the ‘House Divided Speech’. Lincoln’s magnificent oration got its name […]

Bukele’s Lesson on Civil Rights – HotAir

I am, generally speaking, very much a civil libertarian. I believe in due process, would be a tough juror in a difficult case, and very leery of government overreach.  I strongly support the police–when they are unfairly criticized. But I have no illusions that putting the power of the state into the hands of unaccountable […]

Why the power of the civil service must be curbed

WE ARE being led by fools, wrote Professor Matt Goodwin, the author of best seller Values, Voice and Virtue, an investigation into the growing chasm between an unaccountable and sanctimonious self-proclaimed elite and the working people of this country who pay their salaries. As Goodwin notes, one side sees the world as flat, borderless and culture-free, while the […]

The Cold Civil War (Op-Ed By James V. Ferguson, MD)

“We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of Earth.” ~ Abraham Lincoln Image Credit: Canva By James V. Ferguson, MD (contributor to the Tennessee Conservative) – It was December 1862 and the war was not going well for President Abraham Lincoln. Elected just two years before, he was the first President […]

Civil War, Anyone? – HotAir

There has been a lot of dark muttering about a brewing civil war in the United States, and I understand precisely why that is.  Both sides of the political divide deeply distrust the other; Democrats (claim to and often do) believe that Donald Trump and the MAGA movement are dangerous authoritarians who, if allowed to […]