The is the home page for writings on the American Civil War and its legacy that may coalesce in a book tentatively titled, Striving With Evil: The Moral Legacy of the American Civil War.
- Wondering about the American Civil War—June 25, 2018
- What happened in the Civil War: Reflections on James McPherson’s Battle Cry of Freedom—September 3, 2018
- A Civil War question: Can one hate both slavery and war equally?—January 7, 2019
- Was the American Civil War about slavery?—March 20, 2019
- What’s wrong with how we view the Civil War?—April 29, 2019
- Is violence necessary to win freedom? The resistance to American slavery—September 4, 2019
- Thinking of the United States as foundationally racist—June 29, 2020
- The toxic sludge in America’s soul: The tragedy of systemic racism—November 6, 2020
- A moral analysis of America’s civil war: A response to Harry Stout’s Upon the Altar of a Nation—February 11, 2021
Thinking Pacifism 