Lee’s Mistake
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
This fits well with the armchair theme as in the above Mash post.
That wouldn’t work today. They’d be too concerned about boxes and celebrating diversity to be honest.
Upvoting is not working today.
I agree with Josh that this is a good companion piece.
Corollary: “Today’s best political leaders are Armchair Catholic cardinals and bishops.”
It is good to read such an account so long ago. Often times we forget we should have ALWAYS hated the press. In their quest to be always right, they make everyone else look wrong.
Lee’s mistake was fighting for the South to protect slavery and secession.