4 Ways We're Still Fighting the Civil War

This article came up because this week the US is "celebrating" it's 150th anniversery of the Civile War. There have been some scholars that say there are some wierd parrallels between the Civil War and issues today; specifically four areas that correlate directly. These four areas are: the disappearance of the political center; the amount of power that the federal government should have; unleashing the dogs of war; and the president as dictator. The article talked about connections between Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama; the Civil War and the War on Terror; the rise of the Tea Party and what the South Stood for; and ignorance from both sides in the Civil War and the War in Iraq and Libya. Rachel Matteson