Atticus Finch Is Still a Decent Man
J.L. Wall explores the duality of Atticus Finch as portrayed in both the newly-released Go Set A Watchman and the classic To Kill A Mockingbird.
Tagged: The South
In Case You Thought I Was Kidding
Some folks never disappoint, or always do, depending on your perspective.
Identity and its Monuments
The South is so obsessed with one short, horrible moment in its past that it continues to limit the inclusiveness of its future.
Birth of a Nation
I encourage everyone to read this fantastic New York Times article on how competing regional and ethnic mythologies contributed to The Civil War. No surprise here: The Yankees started it!
(Don’t) Carry Me Back To Ol’ Virginie
I’ve never understood the appeal of Confederate nostalgia to libertarians. No matter how enamored you are with states’ rights, subsidiarity and all the rest, it seems to me that institutionalized chattel slavery is a...
For the Defense
Isaac Chotiner says a lot of what needs to be said about Malcolm Gladwell’s latest strained analogy-cum-article on To Kill a Mockingbird and the Jim Crow South. As best I can tell, Gladwell’s argument...
