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Between the Mighty and the Weak: Ancient Lessons for Today’s Politics
By Mike Scruggs – Asa became king of Judah about 911 BC. The fourteenth chapter of Second Chronicles records that he did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God. During the early years...
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False Witness: The Trial of Henry Wirz
Henry Wirz. Photo courtesy of the National Park Service. By Mike Scruggs – Allegations are not facts, and they frequently prove to be false. Politics, corruption, bribery, greed, revenge, and blind...
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Find the Alabama: A Confederate Navy Cruiser’s Heroic Saga: Part 1 of 4
Captain Raphael Semmes and First Lieutenant John Kell aboard CSS Alabama in 1863. By Mike Scruggs – In October of 1862, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles was in a state of apprehension and baffled...
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Find the Alabama: The Most Successful Commerce Raider in Naval History: Part...
Painting of the CSS Alabama from the U.S. Navy’s Naval Historical Center. By Mike Scruggs – At the beginning of the War, the Confederate Navy, with only ten serviceable warships, was less than...
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Find the Alabama: Cherbourg and the USS Kearsarge: Part 3 of 5
USS Kearsarge, c. 1861, submitted photo By Mike Scruggs – In May 1864, the Alabama took two more prizes off the coast of Brazil, but two more outran her. Besides her diminished steam power, her decks...
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Find the Alabama: Thunderous Naval Combat—Valor and Honor: Part 4 of 5
USS Kearsarge By Mike Scruggs – As the Kearsarge turned back toward shore, she was heading straight for the oncoming Alabama. When the two ships were about a mile apart, the Alabama suddenly sheered...
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Find the Alabama: Fascinating Diplomatic and Naval History: Part 5 of 5
Captain James D. Bulloch By Mike Scruggs – It was largely due to Captain James D. Bulloch’s adroit diplomatic relationship with the British government and shipbuilding industry that the Confederate...
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Media and political falsehoods about immigration: Propaganda images,...
Photo courtesy of www.uscis.gov By Mike Scruggs – For the last three decades the media and political establishments have created a propaganda image of recent immigrants that has served the interests...
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Winston Churchill, prayer and divine providence
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill c. 1895 By Mike Scruggs – In 1899, the British Empire held dominion over a quarter of the world’s people and a quarter of the earth’s surface all around the...
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Remembering Robert E. Lee: Measuring True Greatness
By Mike Scruggs – January 19 will mark the 211th birthday of one of the most revered military leaders in American history. In fact, Robert E. Lee remains one of the most studied and respected military...
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The EU—Europe’s New Nazis: The European Union’s War against Free Speech and...
The European Union emblem By Mike Scruggs – The European Union and the principal leaders of its supporting member nations are straining every nerve and turning over every rock to stamp out any vestige...
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Saving America from foolish and corrupt immigration policies: Immigration...
By Mike Scruggs – The United States has made two huge mistakes in immigration policy: The 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act and the 1986 Amnesty. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965...
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The uncomfortable truths of reconstruction
Ruins in Richmond, circa. 1865 By Mike Scruggs – I am a Republican and have been a Republican County Chairman in two states, but if the Republican Party is going to be the party of the people, it must...
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Union league terrorism: Reconstruction series: Part 2
Thaddeus Stevens, U.S. House of Representatives Radical Republican from Pennsylvania 1949-1853 and 1859-1868 “The Boss of America” after Lincoln Assassination By Mike Scruggs – Most people today know...
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The “Kirk-Holden War” in North Carolina
Governor William Holden Plundering the South By Mike Scruggs-Part 3 of a Series on Reconstruction 1865-1877 A very stringent anti-Klan law was passed by the North Carolina legislature under the...
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Part Three: Series on Reconstruction 1865-1877: The Kirk-Holden War in North...
William Woods Holden, North Carolina Governor circa. 1870 By Mike Scruggs – A very stringent anti-Klan law was passed by the North Carolina legislature under the direction of Governor William Holden...
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Part 4 of a Series on Reconstruction: Economic and Political Tyranny
Library of Congress photo circa. 1860-1880. By Mike Scruggs – The high tariff policies that touched off Southern Secession in 1860-61 were instituted and kept in place until 1913. As feared, these...
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Part 5 of a Series on Reconstruction: The rise of the KKK
The original KKK did not use Confederate flags. The second KKK (1915-1944) became a national organization following the movie, Birth of a Nation, and peaked ca 1925 with 3-6 million members and used...
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Southern Reconstruction: Part 6: How Federal Reconstruction tyranny led to...
Thomas W. Gregory, United States Attorney General 1914-1918 By Mike Scruggs – In an address to the Bar Associations of Texas and Arkansas at Texarkana on July 10, 1906, Thomas W. Gregory of Austin,...
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Part seven: The 1871 congressional investigation of the Klan: A clash of...
U.S. Representative Philadelph Van Trump, conservative Democrat of OH, circa. 1867-1873 By Mike Scruggs – On December 5, 1870, President Grant declared that black voters were being denied the exercise...
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