Comments on: Looking for a Breakthrough

By: Michael Rodgers

Michael Rodgers — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:19:02 +0000

Here's a link to an informative article by James Loewen about the wreath tradition and the monuments. Hat tip to Edward Sebesta.

By: Michael Rodgers

Michael Rodgers — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:28:48 +0000

By the way, Dr. Lonnie Randolph is usually quite supportive of Barack Obama. He has criticized Barack Obama once before, and the criticism was correct. Here's a brief article about it. Barack Obama, when he was asked in the Myrtle Beach debate about Toni Morrison's calling Bill Clinton the first black president, made a joke about having to see Bill Clinton dance. Dr. Randolph said that Obama shouldn't have perpetuated stereotypes. I agree. Obama should have quipped, "Well, Dick Cheney is my cousin, so we've probably already had a black president." Something like that anyway, something different from a stereotype.

By: jamiesanderson

jamiesanderson — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:49:04 +0000

Keep up the great work, friend. You are more than welcome to do a guest blog for me.

By: Michael Rodgers

Michael Rodgers — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:14:32 +0000

I've said this before: The Hunley is interesting and SC should spend some public funds on the Hunley. The questions are how much money and how should the project be organized. I don't like Sen. McConnell's involvement -- he'll make the project all about "heritage" instead of history. Heritage is a rose-colored view of history that takes ownership and separates people. History is inclusive and fact-focused. Here on this post are the links about Sen. McConnell. Links: The $30K cannon. Eight million dollars of public funds for the Hunley. Some correspondence of E. Lee Spence. One of several posts on the topic over at Fitsnews.