Why The Left Moved From Loving Thomas Jefferson To Hating Him
The president was right. First, they came for the Confederates, and then they very quickly came for everyone else, the Founders included.
‘They Shall Not Grow Old’ Repudiates Attempts To Destroy WWI Monuments
The Bladensburg WWI memorial battle is insensitive to the memories of those who paid the ultimate price–people who should be honored more, not less.
What Baseball Can Teach Us About Valorizing Flawed American Heroes
The balance baseball Hall of Fame voters have struck in recognizing imperfect men with great achievements can inform how we view America’s founders.
You Can’t Celebrate America’s Independence While Vilifying The Founders
The Founders were deeply flawed, but democracy and liberty are not. Let’s focus less on their failings, and more on their ideals. The Founders are for everyone, and we need them.
Washington And Lee’s Christ Church To Obliterate Their Memorials Over Slave Ownership
To sit where George Washington sat is to keep his memory alive. So can only perfect men be honored? Can only the blameless be remembered?
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.
Leftists At UVA Are Proving President Trump Right About Thomas Jefferson Statues
Earlier this week around 100 people covered a UVA statue of Thomas Jefferson ‘in a black shroud…adorning it with signs that dubbed the former president a ‘racist’ and ‘rapist.’
Peggy Noonan Was Right About The National Cathedral’s Confederate Windows
The reactions to Peggy Noonan’s tweets reveal the ignorance many have of the Civil War and the rash judgments they place on people in the past.
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.
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.
How American Anarchy Parallels China’s Cultural Revolution
Both movements started on college campuses, with students who wanted to re-make history according to their own ideology.
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.
If We Topple Every Statue Of An Imperfect Person They Must All Come Down
We are approaching levels of secular iconoclasm previously unknown in the West. All humans are flawed. Eventually, all of us will be disowned by our grandchildren.
Lessons From History’s Iconoclasts On How To Handle Controversial Public Monuments Without Vandalism
State and local political leaders, over many years, have failed to create a positive public consensus for reasonable action. That has led to our current explosive situation.
Chicago Vandals Burn Century-Old Bust Of Abraham Lincoln
Vandals burned a century-old bust of Abraham Lincoln, revealing that the violent campaign to scrub America of its Confederate past isn’t about the Confederacy at all.
Why We Should Keep The Confederate Monuments Right Where They Are
Tearing down Confederate statues, or any monuments from our history, will not change the past. But it will make for a poorer, less enlightened future.
These 5 Statues Are A Disgrace To The Country And Need To Be Torn Down Immediately
There can be no debate about the propriety of keeping the following statues intact. There is only one side: they must be smashed.
There Are Good Reasons To Consider Removing Confederate Memorials From Our Public Squares
America is supposed to be ‘one nation, indivisible.’ But this week, we’ve seen that Confederate memorials are splitting us further and further apart.
NAACP Leader: I Disapprove Of Pulling Down Confederate Statues
“You can’t eliminate what history is. So I disapprove with young people pulling down those statues.”
Why We Should Reconsider Robert E. Lee’s Place In American Nostalgia
As radical as they are, lefty extremists’ position is at least useful in making us rethink the elevation of Confederate leaders to undeserved heights.
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