Monuments are artistic things that we, the living, put up to honor our past. A big tombstone suggests that the dead guy was important. Medium-sized tombstones mean a person was loved. Tiny tombstones suggest a pauper passed on. How important was someone? Look at the size and expense of his monument. As a result, the […]
Read More →This story originally appeared in The Orlando Sentinel on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015 Should Confederate monuments be destroyed? No – and yes – and that’s not really the question. The focus shouldn’t be on granite, iron or art. It should be on the people who view the monuments. In a convoluted way, many people’s […]
Read More →A bit of advocacy about the rebel flag: Private citizens have the (wonderful) right to do whatever they wish, but the rebel flag should not be maintained by U.S., state or local governments. Here’s why: It’s not part of history. In the Civil War, the South had a series of three flags – and the […]
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