Trump’s Mount Rushmore Speech Has Already Saved Statues
President Donald Trump’s full-throated defense of the Founding Fathers has reset the conversation over America’s monuments.
Why We Should Keep Confederate Statues Standing
The recent spread of iconoclasm was never just about Confederate monuments or even statues. It’s a dangerous expression of the radical left’s nihilism.
Politico’s Ryan Lizza Suggests President Trump Would’ve Fought For The South
Lizza pointlessly asked press secretary Kayleigh McEnany whether President Trump believed it ‘was a good thing’ the Confederacy lost the Civil War.
Conservatives Shouldn’t Accept The Left’s Corrupt View Of American History
Rarified conservative arguments that we should remove Confederate monuments is tantamount to accepting the left’s vision of America as irredeemably racist.
The Monument-Destroying Mobs Don’t Hate The Confederacy, They Hate America
The mobs defacing and pulling down monuments across America have no limiting principle because their target is America itself.
In Memoriam, For A Memorial—A Tribute To ‘Appomattox’
‘Appomattox’ survived electrification, segregation, and desegregation. In the end, it succumbed to unnatural causes in the name of sanctimony and vandalism.
Virginia Democrats Are Attacking Robert E. Lee Statue To Whitewash Their Own Racism
Virginia Democrats want to exploit African American voters with indignation over statues to distract from their hypocritical offenses and to avoid talking about the issues that matter to Virginia families today.
Tearing Down UNC’s Silent Sam Threatens Monuments To Henry Ford, Harry Truman, And Mahatma Gandhi
Few of us are likely to withstand the withering judgment of those who come after us, whatever our positive contributions to humankind might be.
General Stanley McChrystal On Leadership, Afghanistan, And Iconoclasm
Gen. Stanley McChrystal joins the Federalist Radio Hour to discuss famous leaders throughout history, the military, and more.
Removing Confederate Statues Doesn’t Need To Be A Partisan Issue
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu has written a book about the city’s decision to remove Confederate statues. It starts out well-intentioned, but ends up needlessly trying to score partisan political points.
Radio: Catalonia Independence, Iconoclasm, And Fishing In Alaska
Federalist Senior Contributors John Davidson And Megan Oprea join this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour from Austin, Texas.
Art Academics’ Ignorance Drives Their Antagonism To Confederate Statues
Despite pervasive emphasis on contextualizing, the responses gives no hint of substantial historical knowledge beyond the received tropes of popular culture and press.
The Confederate Statue Controversy Isn’t About Slavery, It’s About Ending America
Attacks on Confederate heritage have quickly evolved into attacks on American heritage, which was always the ultimate goal.
What Anne Frank’s Garret Can Teach Us About Demolishing Monuments
When the opportunity presents itself to visit a living historical site, the effect on one’s spirit can be more significant than any book or lecture.
Monuments To Robert E. Lee Should Stay Because They Mark Our Growth As A Nation
Attacking Robert E. Lee for treason now is like attacking Oedipus for not asking a man if he was his father before killing him—prosaic and beside the point.
Charlottesville’s Statue Burqas Are A Sign Of Liberals’ Panic Over What They’ve Unleashed
Charlottesville’s novel solution to the conflict over Confederate monuments is to drape them in statue burqas meant to shield viewers from temptation.
No, Jesse Jackson, The Electoral College Isn’t Racist
Rev. Jesse Jackson has made headlines saying that as we get rid of Confederate statues we should also get rid of the Electoral College.
Podcast: Thoughtless Mobs Seek To Erase History By Destroying Statues
Jarrett Stepman joins Federalist Radio Hour to talk Charlottesville, statues, Brietbart, and the media of the alt-right movement.
Confederate Statues Symbolize The South’s Victory—In Peace
When we tear down a statue, we are not merely condemning the subject but the entire community, here several generations of Southern culture and millions of Americans.
Vandals Are Destroying Monuments Because They’ve Been Taught To Hate America
It appears Islamists have something in common with statue vandals besides an ideology that justifies political violence and a rabid hatred of free expression: the desecration of historic monuments.
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