by jpitney | Oct 25, 2021 | Bipartisanship, Civil War, Civility, Polarization
On C-SPAN, University of Virginia’s “Sabato’s Crystal Ball” managing editor Kyle Kondik discusses a new effort to explore U.S. political polarization, including findings regarding specific policy positions and trust between Democrats and Republicans.
by jpitney | May 31, 2021 | Civil War, Insurrection, Military
Frederick Douglass, “The Unknown Loyal Dead,” Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, on Decoration Day, May 30, 1871 — a speech that has new meaning in light of the January 6 insurrection. We are sometimes asked, in the name of patriotism, to forget...
by jpitney | Jun 13, 2020 | Civil War, Presidency
As he was dying in a house near Saratoga Springs, NY, U.S. Grant wrote the final pages of his memoirs. He recalled Appomattox and the cause of the Civil War: What General Lee’s feelings were I do not know. As he was a man of much dignity, with an impassible...
