Brion McClanahan of the Abbeville Institute discusses John C. Calhoun
Dr. Brion McClanahan of the Abbeville Institute discusses John C. Calhoun, and how historians consistently get Calhoun wrong. Click to listen
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Why effort to rename Calhoun Honors College is misguided
Stone Washington, a Clemson student, opines in The College Fix about the minor to-do related to some students and faculty petitioning to remove Calhoun’s name from Clemson’s honors college. When I hear the name Calhoun,…
John C. Calhoun and Slavery as a “Positive Good:” What Calhoun Did Not Say
In what became the United States, servitude of people of the black African race existed for about two and a half centuries. The subject of American slavery is today so entertwined with unhealthy and present-centered…
Calhoun’s Carolina
John C. Culhoon. Culhoon is the right pronunciation by the way. John C. Culhoon was an upcountryman. We, upcountry people, tend to suspect Charlestonians, like Dr. Fleming, of being somewhat haughty and dissipated. Calhoun studied…
“Some” Students and Alumni Petition to Remove Calhoun’s Name from Honors College
According to local news stories, more than 200 students and Clemson alumni have petitioned to have Calhoun’s name removed from the Calhoun Honors College at Clemson University. With an enrollment of over 23,000 students and…
BREXIT and the Future of Britain (and by extension Europe)
Briain now faces an existential crisis greater than any she has faced since 1940. In fact, it is not hyperbole to state that the entire future of Europe rests on what occurs over the next two…
Join The Calhoun Institute – Become a Fellow
The Calhoun Institute was formed and created, as a non-profit corporation in South Carolina dedicated to the purpose of enhancing scholarship, education and critical thinking related to matters of first principles. Our secondary purpose is…
Timbs v. Indiana: Bad Precedent
The notion of limiting civil asset forfeiture is good and noble. In the United States, we have essentially no independent mechanism by which the people might limit the scope and breadth of police actions. The law…
Manifesto of Old Men and Simple Preachers
Over time a man, if he is perceptive, comes to certain conclusions. The most startling is that the greatest truths were spoken to him throughout his life by ordinary men, simple preachers, old men sitting…
America’s Great Cultural and Political Divide
America is more divided culturally and politically than at any time since the 1850’s. Real and authentic dialogue does not occur and violence and the threat of violence increase daily. We are on a precarious…