By Rudy Barnes, Jr.             Civil religion is where religion and politics merge to shape American standards of legitimacy.  The...

   By Rudy Barnes, Jr.             The U.S. strategy to preserve the Union in 1860 and current strategy in Afghanistan have something i...

    By Rudy Barnes, Jr.             Legitimacy defines what we consider to be right and wrong, and conflicting concepts of legitimacy h...

    By Rudy Barnes, Jr.             Hate and history took center stage this past week.  Violence erupted in Charlottesville after white...