Great lecture: One Nation under Bigger Government—The Civil War as delivered by our own Bradley J. Birzer. Watch and learn. Books on the topic discussed in Dr. Birzer’s lecture may be found in The Imaginative Conservative Bookstore. […]
If The Imaginative Conservative readers are interested in the American Civil War, please check out the latest issue of THE FREEMAN (expertly edited by Sheldon Richman). The April 2011 issue includes articles by Jeff Hummel, Burton Folsom, Joe Stromberg, and yours truly. http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/gaining-a-nation-losing-the-republic-reconstruction-1863–1877/ I'm happy as a clam about this (actually, growing up in Kansas, [...]
Abraham Lincoln saw permanence that must endure in institutions through change, but also change the world so even ancient evil institutions like racial slavery would fall. This essay was presented at a debate sponsored by the Hillsdale College Republicans and the Fairfield Society in commemoration of President’s Day, February 20, 2011. —Editor Today I am [...]
One hundred fifty years ago today, the Union—or, what was left of it—was in an uproar. Two days earlier, after three days of debate, the South Carolina Convention declared itself independent of the American Union. Never before or since has a greater threat existed against the cohesiveness and integrity of the United States of America. [...]