Confederate history is about race

CNN by Grace Elizabeth Hale | Apr. 14, 2010 (Opinion)

It has been eight years since people in my state of Virginia got a chance to debate the meaning of the Civil War in front of the nation, and the comments posted on CNN and other news Web sites suggest our passion over the topic has not dimmed.

If Governor Bob McDonnell wants his fellow Virginians to think deeply about "how our history has led to our present," then his declaration of April as Confederate History Month has accomplished this goal, if ... Full Story »

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by Cheri Henderson - Apr. 15, 2010

Although I can't really dispute the facts in the article, the author uses way too many absolutes - even for an op ed. She's pushing a very PC oriented attitude guaranteed to offend anyone who feels compassion for alll the young southern boys who died in the Civil War, for instance. Balance goes out the window. At this point in our history we might remember that war as a failure of our politicians to convince half the nation that an abominable practice should be outlawed - which allowed the industrial half to use it as an excuse to go to war & take over...