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Thoughts on the Anniversary of General Robert E. Lee’s Birth

January 18th, 2013

By Dan Miller This is a “revised and extended” re-post of an article I wrote in 2011 to mark an anniversary of General Lee’s death. It celebrates the two hundred and sixth anniversary of his birth on January 19, 1807, a happier occasion. Today, January 18th, is also Lee – Jackson Day in Virginia, as [...]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: Civil War, Constitution, duty, honor, Robert E. Lee, tyranny, West Point
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If Reason and Compromise Don’t Work, How about Music? Civil War Could Be a Bad Alternative

November 25th, 2012

By Dan Miller Music and verse have long encouraged churches, nations and others. Perhaps it’s time to try that again. Yesterday, I posted this piece because it provided a brief respite from the horrors of what now passes for civilization. It includes two YouTube videos of “flash mobs” doing their bit for good and a [...]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: Civil War, free stuff, Irish, music, Obama, rebellion, religion, slavery, union
Categories: Arts, History, Politics | Comments (6) | Home

Civil War, the U.S. Constitution and History

November 1st, 2012

By Dan Miller We should do our best to avoid another Civil War and the best way to do that is to insist upon faithful adherence to the U.S. Constitution. An article entitled The U.S. Constitution and Civil War, posted at my blog on December 27, 2011, has received more “hits” than any other post [...]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: Civil War, Congress, Constitution, election, Obama, rights, Romney
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Thinking about the Coming Election and Other Stuff …

October 14th, 2012

By Dan Miller … put me in mind of some of my favorite old songs and of their persistent relevance. Scots ballads Based on a poem by Robert Burns (1759 – 1796), this ballad labeled Ode to Humanity seeks equal rights for all as opposed to special preferences for the favored. While listening, thoughts came [...]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: Civil War, elections, English, free speech, Lincoln, rebellion, rights, slavery
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Whatever Happens This November Will Change Our Nation

August 5th, 2012

By Dan Miller Regardless of the electoral outcome, the possibility of civil unrest should not be discounted. Our societal divide has become a widening and deepening chasm to the point that regardless of who wins the presidential election civil unrest seems increasingly likely. I wrote here about the Civil War of 1861 – 65 and [...]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: civil unrest, Civil War, class warfare, election, hatred, partisanship
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The U.S. Constitution and Civil War

December 27th, 2011

By Dan Miller Emasculating the Constitution is bad way to preserve the nation. The first shots in the United States Civil War were fired by the South during an attack on Fort Sumter a century and a half ago on April 12, 1861, not long after President Lincoln’s election on November 6, 1860 and just [...]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: Civil War, Constitution, Lee, Lincoln, revolution, slavery, states rights
Categories: History, Law, Politics | Comments (1) | Home

Shall We Have Another Civil War?

August 10th, 2011

By Dan Miller That would be a very bad idea. Unhappiness approaching panic is in the air. This article by Roger Kimball suggests some of the reasons: The American poet Frank O’Hara wrote a poem whose title I’ve always admired: “Meditations in an Emergency.” That’s where we are now: you can tell it’s an emergency [...]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: Civil War, Constitution, North, slavery, South, sovereignty, states rights
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On Memorial Day We Might Pause to Remember General Robert E. Lee

May 31st, 2010

By Dan Miller There are and have been few like him. It occurred to me as I watched this video, sent by a friend as appropriate for Memorial Day, that General Lee is well worth remembering on that day. It is said here that “Between battles, Union and Confederate troops showed little animosity toward one [...]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: Civil War, honor, integrity, Memorial Day, Robert E. Lee, soldiers
Categories: History, Military | Comments (3) | Home

Lincoln and the Civil War

February 8th, 2009

February 12, 2009 is the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.  This anniversary is generating books, TV specials, and heightened attention to the most revered of American presidents.  Many books have been written about Lincoln, some better than others.  Fred Kaplan offers a useful look at Lincoln books, good and bad, with recommendations of the best. In [...]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: Civil War, Lincoln
Categories: History, Military, Politics | Comments (10) | Home

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