# america lost (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover america lost. Page: Feed: --- ## [American Roadside: Mammy’s Cupboard of Natchez](https://karencoxhistorian.substack.com/p/american-roadside-the-mammy-of-natchez) _2026-08-20 · Karen L. Cox · America and the Lost Cause_ Dispatches from the Pop South archive ## [Confederate Tchotkes and the American Dream](https://karencoxhistorian.substack.com/p/confederate-tchotkes-and-the-american) _2026-08-18 · Karen L. Cox · America and the Lost Cause_ I kept a blog called Pop South several years ago and I’m going to post some of the ones I think might still be worth a conversation. ## [Why I write about the Lost Cause](https://karencoxhistorian.substack.com/p/why-i-write-about-the-lost-cause) _2026-08-17 · Karen L. Cox · America and the Lost Cause_ I have to. ## [Land of the Lost (Cause)](https://karencoxhistorian.substack.com/p/land-of-the-lost-cause) _2026-08-14 · Karen L. Cox · America and the Lost Cause_ . . . and the evil Sleestaks. ## [Start Here](https://robertc12.substack.com/p/start-here) _2026-08-12 · The Laughing Ape_ The Laughing Ape is a newsletter about the ridiculous things suit-wearing apes do, and the lies we tell ourselves to avoid admitting we’re doing them. ## [One of the most insidious things about a Confederate monument](https://karencoxhistorian.substack.com/p/the-most-insidious-thing-about-a) _2026-08-12 · Karen L. Cox · America and the Lost Cause_ Beyond white supremacy, there's something most people don't talk about or have even considered. ## [Confederate School Names, Nicknames, and Mascot Names](https://karencoxhistorian.substack.com/p/confederate-school-names-nicknames) _2026-08-09 · Karen L. Cox · America and the Lost Cause_ The debate over them is much longer than you think. ## [How Anthropology Lost Interest in the People It Was Founded to Understand](https://robertc12.substack.com/p/how-anthropology-lost-interest-in) _2026-08-08 · Robert lynch · The Laughing Ape_ “He who only knows his own side of the case, knows little of that.” — John Stuart Mill ## [Creative Resistance to the Lost Cause](https://karencoxhistorian.substack.com/p/creative-resistance-to-the-lost-cause) _2026-08-06 · Karen L. Cox · America and the Lost Cause_ A story from Asheboro, North Carolina ## [James Baldwin saw through the Statue of Liberty](https://karencoxhistorian.substack.com/p/james-baldwin-saw-through-the-statue) _2026-08-02 · Karen L. Cox · America and the Lost Cause_ What is liberty to Black Americans? ## [Stop CI/CD & Supply-Chain Attacks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/xfyUXyOKwAJf) _2026-08-02 · **Sponsored**_ Per-PR: 17 CI/CD checks and package malware scans with inline Check Run findings. ## [What the hell is the Lost Cause? A brief resource guide](https://karencoxhistorian.substack.com/p/what-the-hell-is-the-lost-cause-a) _2026-07-30 · Karen L. Cox · America and the Lost Cause_ For teachers, community activists, and those with a general interest ## [White women have long been the co-conspirators of white supremacy](https://karencoxhistorian.substack.com/p/white-women-have-long-been-the-co) _2026-07-28 · Karen L. Cox · America and the Lost Cause_ It's one of the legacies of the Lost Cause ## [Lost Cause 101](https://karencoxhistorian.substack.com/p/lost-cause-101) _2026-07-27 · Karen L. Cox · America and the Lost Cause_ Rewriting the history of the Civil War began immediately ## [The Forgotten Virtue](https://robertc12.substack.com/p/the-forgotten-virtue) _2026-07-23 · Robert lynch · The Laughing Ape_ In Michigan you get ten cents for returning empties, and my parents used to pull over and pick them up off the side of the road. ## [Chapter 3: What Is Funny?](https://robertc12.substack.com/p/chapter-3-what-is-funny) _2026-07-14 · Robert lynch · The Laughing Ape_ It's Funny Because It's True ## [Everyone Knows Soccer Is Boring](https://robertc12.substack.com/p/why-soccer-is-so-boring) _2026-07-04 · Robert lynch · The Laughing Ape_ How the beautiful game convinced the world that boredom is sophistication ## [What an Eighth Grader Who Drew a Penis on My 510-Million-Year-Old Fossil Taught Me About Status](https://robertc12.substack.com/p/what-an-eighth-grader-who-drew-a) _2026-06-18 · Robert lynch · The Laughing Ape_ By Robert Lynch ## [I Was a Scientist. Then I Became a Substitute Teacher](https://robertc12.substack.com/p/i-was-a-scientist-then-i-became-a) _2026-05-26 · Robert lynch · The Laughing Ape_ Editor’s note: This is the second in a series about downward mobility for the credentialed class — a story that is likely to become much more common as AI eats white-collar work and the degree-leads-to-status and stability bargain stops paying out. ## [I Was Wearing a Tutu When I Started Bragging About My PhD](https://robertc12.substack.com/p/i-was-wearing-a-tutu-when-i-started) _2026-05-19 · Robert lynch · The Laughing Ape_ Editor’s note: This is the first in a series about declining status and name-dropping my credentials to people who couldn’t possibly care. ## [Kinship and religion](https://robertc12.substack.com/p/kinship-and-religion) _2026-04-16 · Robert lynch · The Laughing Ape_ How religion improves relationships with relatives ## [AI QA that opens fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/vo1lHIFab4sN) _2026-04-16 · **Sponsored**_ Run a browser QA from plain-English instructions; get GitHub issues and optional fix PRs. ## [How America Lost Its Sense of Humor](https://robertc12.substack.com/p/how-america-lost-its-sense-of-humor-fac) _2026-04-11 · Robert lynch · The Laughing Ape_ “I see a lot of unfunny comedians, I see unfunny TV shows, I see unfunny awards shows, I see unfunny movies — because everybody’s scared to make a move.