Being deeply involved with several history clubs, even the vice president of one, is the reason I’m more aware of the controversies surrounding Confederate monuments and flags than the average person. Taking them down to display them in museums where people can learn...

No matter how old we are, or whatever state we’re from, haven’t we all learned in our grammar school history classes that there’s nothing more sacred in being an American than the words in the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal.” Historians...

How many times has history shown that when the desire for adulation capitulates to an endeavor of goodwill, a road to a better world is found? Yet, when that road paved with good intentions fails, it’s almost always from a lack of wisdom only historical perspective...

In good fellowship with no argument to win, this Grain of Truth serves as our neighborhood and not a soapbox in a world fighting over the same shadows and snake oil it always has. No one has to be completely right or wrong but only let history guide us. It’s the sages...

It’s probably beyond hypocritical for someone who abhors talking about himself to write a memoir. Readers of Blue Is Just A Word: The Civil War Within, say the hypocrisy moves closer to irony within the first few pages for which I’m forever grateful. I had no choice...

A Grain of Truth is a new blog seeking to create dialogue for exploring ideas in, Blue Is Just A Word: The Civil War Within. The approach, as it was in writing the book, is that of talking to a friend. Having Kirkus Media, the powerhouse of reviewers in the US, Canada...