The continuing legacy of the Confederate past?

The continuing legacy of the Confederate past? 2015-06-22T16:36:15-06:00

 

Robert E. Lee, Confederate general
General Robert E. Lee

 

A fascinating article from the Economist entitled “The Present Past” — which I hadn’t seen yet, but to which Doug Ealy kindly called my attention — shows what seems to be, if not lasting effects of the Confederacy, at least the ongoing implications of a distinctively “Southern” mindset and sensibility.

 

http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21647625-150-years-after-end-civil-war-states-were-once-confederate-remain?fsrc=scn%2Ftw%2Fte%2Fpe%2Fed%2Fthepresentpast

 

And guess who shows up, by several measures, as a sympathetic fellow traveler?

 

Utah.

 

Fascinating.

 

 


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