Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause

by Ty Seidule

When we identify our history, we can change the narrative.

We find it hard to confront our past because it’s so ugly, but the alternative to ignoring our racist history is creating a racist future.

Despite its imperfection, I agree with Frederick Douglass, who said, using all caps, “The Constitution is a GLORIOUS LIBERTY DOCUMENT.”

The military doesn’t practice democracy; the military enforces democracy.