Earl Starbuck

Earl Starbuck is an independent historian from Tennessee and a doctoral student in history. He has no connection to the coffee company.

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Robert E. Lee: The Marble [Christian] Man

On 7 August 2024, the Witherspoon Institute’s journal, Public Discourse, published an article by John F. Doherty entitled: “Propriety without Principle: The Cautionary Tale of Robert E. Lee.” Citing Allen C. Guelzo’s 2021 biography of Lee as his source of information, Doherty paints Robert E. Lee as an irreligious hypocrite of weak moral fiber whose virtues were apparent rather […]

Earl Starbuck