Laying The Ghosts of Southern Nationalism
This is an uncut version, minus adlibs, of a talk given at a program given by the Abbeville Institute in Columbus, Georgia, February 20-23, 2025. It has been hastily revised and corrections are welomed.
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In a podcast of January 14, I was asked if Trump could actually accomplish some good for the American people. Partly joking, I answered:
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