We wrote about Tennessee governor Bill Lee’s relationship with Hillsdale last month. We have also offered a few posts reviewing the 1776 Commission, a Trump-supported group tasked with creating a patriotic-oriented curriculum. Hillsdale president Larry Arnn led the commission and...
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How Hillsdale College, the “champion of American exceptionalism,” is shaping civics education in Tennessee
In November 2020, then president Donald Trump announced his 1776 Commission, a commission charged with delivering a conservative alternative to The New York Times 1619 Project. There were no American historians on the commission, but there was plenty of room...
The “Monsters of Maple Street” were out last night in Franklin, Tennessee, one of the “top 10 places to live in America.”
Franklin, Tennessee has the highest per-capita income in the entire state. The median income is $75,871. The city is located about 20 miles south of Nashville. According to Wikipedia, it is the home of NFL quarterback C.J. Beathard, governor Bill...
I went shopping this weekend. Why were so many people wearing masks?
I went shopping with my family on Saturday. My daughter needed to buy some things for her new apartment so we jumped in the car and headed east on the Pennsylvania turnpike. We started at IKEA in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania and...
Christian nationalism on display in the Tennessee General Assembly
Earlier this week I wrote a post on the Tennessee Historical Commission’s 24-1 vote to remove the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest from the Tennessee State Capitol building in Nashville. Some members of the Tennessee General Assembly oppose this decision....
The Tennessee Historical Commission voted to remove a bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest from the state capitol. State legislators are not happy about it
For the record, Nathan Bedford Forrest was a Confederate Army general and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Now here is a taste of Kyle Horan’s story at NewsChannel 5 in Nashville: Not even two weeks after...