Secession

What happens when historical fiction becomes a more accurate portrayal than the version of history given by mainstream historians?

When it comes to the great political economist John C. Calhoun, most people love him or hate him. In this episode, economic historian Patrick Newman joins us to take a more balanced look at Calhoun, his origins as a War Hawk and nationalist, and why he was never a true Jeffersonian.

Dr. David Gordon, in today’s Friday Philosophy, reviews Clyde N. Wilson’s, Defending Dixie: Essays in Southern History and Culture. In these essays, Professor Wilson defends secession and the Southern cause.

M.E. Bradford, a self-described southern conservative, understood what leftist egalitarians did not: liberty cannot coexist with egalitarianism.

When most people speak of the founders of the United States, Thomas Paine rarely comes to mind. However, few men were more influential in rallying the American colonials to independence.

Before the American Revolution, there were the Levellers, who sought liberty during the English Civil War. While their influence on the American colonists would be indirect, nonetheless, many of their ideas reflected what came after American independence.

Before the American Revolution, there were the Levellers, who sought liberty during the English Civil War. While their influence on the American colonists would be indirect, nonetheless, many of their ideas reflected what came after American independence.

While Hayek did not write directly about the American Civil War, some of his writings provide insights on the conflict.

While Hayek did not write directly about the American Civil War, some of his writings provide insights on the conflict.

America recently celebrated Independence Day, but Americans were too quick to abandon their own individual freedoms and individual sovereignty and submit to the state.