To read any of Andy's essays that this conversation was based on, visit
The Right of Secession (A Critique Addressed to the Pro-Confederates Among Whom I Live) (dailykos.com)
2014 piece:
The Spirit That Drove Us to Civil War Is Back – A Better Human Story
Two op/eds from the past couple of months:
The Right of Secession – A Better Human Story
What Was the Confederacy About? – A Better Human Story