Category Archives: southern apologists

Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution

Many Southerners insist to this day that every confederate killed at Shiloh was the victim of a due-process free ‘targeted assassination’ — meaning that Union soldiers aimed their rifles rather than point them in random directions before pulling the trigger. … Continue reading

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The Strange Story of Guy Hunt

Former Alabama governor Guy Hunt died yesterday. He was 75. In an odd convergence of history, his passing comes less than a day after Rod Blagojevich was impeached 59-0 by the Illinois Senate. For while countless press reports have mentioned … Continue reading

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