The Anti-Lincoln Brigade

You know what's really discouraging? This is discouraging, this apologetic by Matt Welch, editor of Reason magazine, on behalf of Ron Paul. Welch takes exception to my restatement of the I thought notorious fact about Ron Paul's preference for the Confederate over the Union cause in the …

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Written by David Frum on Friday December 16, 2011

Why Can't the South Let the Confederacy Go?

Non-Southerners may wonder: How can anyone interpret the founding of the Confederacy as anything other than treason in service of slaveholding? Non-Southerners may wonder: How can anyone interpret the founding of the Southern Confederacy as anything other than treason in service of slaveholding? …

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Written by David Frum on Sunday February 20, 2011