“You can sell a jar of likker when you cain’t sell a bushel of taters.”
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Our Hidden History: A Response to The New Yorker
RSM founder Wayne Franklin responds to the portrayal of this site in a recent column by George Packer of the New Yorker.
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Echoes of Shiloh: Historic School Decays in Cattle Pasture
I stumbled upon this haunting echo of the Old South while driving the back roads near Starr, S.C.
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Do We Still Deserve the 2nd Amendment?
While we were on hiatus this summer, it seems the whole country, rather than taking time to go to the beach, the mountains, and Disneys both Land and World, went completely and totally insane.
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Beyond Healthcare: 12 Other Things That Deserve an Individual Mandate
We’re not concerned about the politics of yesterday. We’re looking ahead toward tomorrow and where this bold new precedent could take us.
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Beyond the CSA: 12 Extinct Nations of the South, pt. 2
We continue our look into short-lived nations and republics of the South.
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Beyond the CSA: 12 Extinct Nations of the South, pt. 1
Until the late 19th century, the South was a virtual breeding ground for failed nations, nation-states and republics? Here’s a quick run-down of some of the highlights … or low-lights, as they were:
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Heat Makes Yankees Crazy (or Why the Zombie Apocalypse is Starting in Florida)
Is this the beginning of a zombie apocalypse? Hardly. Crazy has been commonplace in the dangly half of Florida for as long as most of us can remember.
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In Memoriam
We at Real Southern Men wish to salute the bold and the brave who gave their lives to protect the dream of American freedom.
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March 8, 2013 





