Kirk Savage

Opinion

As Confederate Monuments Fall, Do They Epitomize America’s Illness?

The recent removal of statues of Jefferson Davis and Nathan Bedford Forrest illuminates the many problems with the memorial landscape in Memphis and throughout the United States.

Opinion

When Should the Removal of Confederate Monuments Stop?

Where does it stop, President Trump asked, referring to the increasing outcry against Confederate monuments. We can hardly be surprised that he doesn’t understand what the Confederacy stood for.