History

M.E. Bradford, Southern Conservatism, and A New Project

From the 1970s through the 1990s, a serious body of scholarship came out of the South that attempted to foster greater understanding and appreciation…

May 20 • The Pipe Cottage Journal

What If the Confederacy Had Won?

It's Fun to Speculate

May 3 • The Pipe Cottage Journal

Bring Back Order, Stability, and Manners

Very little about our country is worth preserving if we have to forsake common decency and civility in order to preserve it.

Apr 30 • The Pipe Cottage Journal

Does The Study of Southern History Still Exist?

The longer I live, the more difficult it is for me to answer that question.

Mar 13 • The Pipe Cottage Journal

America Is Actively Dying

Some days I tend to think there remains a glimmer of hope that an older and more sane America will make an epic comeback.

Feb 23 • The Pipe Cottage Journal

Are Old Times There Forgotten?

The first line of the song Dixie, as many in this audience will know, includes the phrase, “Old times there are not forgotten.” Now, however, I think…

Feb 18 • The Pipe Cottage Journal

Solzhenitsyn, History, and Social Media

Grandma used to say, don’t believe nothing you hear, and half what you see.

Feb 2 • The Pipe Cottage Journal

St. George Tucker and the Nature of the Union

In the age of Trump, genuinely conservative points of view are seldom voiced and almost never heeded.

Jan 20 • The Pipe Cottage Journal

State Sovereignty and Why It Matters

From time to time, the old debate between nationalists and advocates of state sovereignty come to the forefront of American politics.

Jan 12 • The Pipe Cottage Journal

Reclaiming The Spirit of The Gentleman

Very little about our country is worth preserving if we have to forsake common decency and civility in order to do so.

Dec 9, 2025 • The Pipe Cottage Journal

A Review of The Curious Mr. Burns

The Danger of Abandoning The Founders

Dec 2, 2025 • The Pipe Cottage Journal

Why Gen Z Must Abandon Fuentes

A Worthy Goal For America's 250th Anniversary

Nov 13, 2025 • The Pipe Cottage Journal

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