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This essay explores how Daniel Maximin constructs an imagined past in his novel Lone Sun by wrenching archival sources out of their domain and context and selectively situating them in a narrative replete with cultural and oral traditions. It examines how Maximin remembers those who go unaccounted for and counters the commodification of select heroes by giving voice to the voiceless and minimizing the iconization of Victor Schoelcher and sacrificial hero Louis Delgrès. Maximin's novel proves a resistant act intended to fracture the continuity of French colonial power maintained through its archival system and selective memory commodification.

"THERE'S NO POINT IN BEING A MODERATE IN TEXAS," STATE AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER JIM HIGHTOWER HAS REMARKED, "CAUSE THE ONLY THINGS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ARE YELLOW STRIPS AND DEAD ARMADILLOS." IT HELPS TO KEEP THAT OBSERVATION IN MIND WHEN CONSIDERING THE MEANING OF THE 1984 REPUBLICAN LANDSLIDE IN TEXAS. PERHAPS MORE THAN ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE NATION, IT EXEMPLIFIES MICHAEL HARRINGTON'S THESIS THAT AMERICANS HAVE BEEN MOVING SIMULTANEOUSLY TO THE LEFT, THE RIGHT, AND THE CENTER. OVER THE YEARS, THE LONE STAR STATE HAS PRODUCED SOME OF THE NATION'S LEADING REACTIONARIES, SUCH AS JOHN TOWER AND PHIL GRAMM, AS WELL AS SOME OUTSTANDING LIBERALS, SUCH AS RALPH YARBOROUGH AND MICKEY LELAND.

The Confederate Graves Survey Archive of the Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans consists of surveys of cemetaries throughout Texas, and portions of Oklahoma and New Mexico. The surveys document the interment of Confederate States of America military veterans. United States of America (Union) veterans, as well as able-bodied men at the time of the Civil War, are also documented. 13 boxes entitled "Grave Surveys" contain grave surveys listed county-by-county, 3 boxes of "Unit Files" list surveyed individuals by their military unit. Finally, 17 boxes contain "Veteran Files" that document each veteran by name in "last name, first name, middle initial" format. An index that cross-references each of the collection series (Grave Surveys, Unit Files, and Veteran Files) is included, as are institutions to surveyors on how and what to document while conducting surveys. ; Grave Survey Results: 11 Marked Confederate, 0 Marked Union, 6 Able Bodied Men, 1 I.D. Confederate, 0 I.D. Union, 12 Total Confederate, 0 Total Union, 6 Non-Veteran, 17 Total Graves Surveyed, 13 Total Veterans.

This essay examines strategies to counter the threat of lone wolf terrorism. Lone wolves implement a tactical approach dubbed 'leaderless resistance,' which has become popular in several extremist subcultures. Although most episodes of lone wolf terrorism have not been highly destructive, there are notable exceptions that have claimed a substantial number of victims. The lone wolf trend should be contextualized in the evolution of conflict and strategy in which smaller and smaller entities figure prominently. Elements of the counterinsurgency doctrine can be applied to lone wolf terrorism. A comprehensive counterterrorism strategy must prepare for the prospect of lone wolf terrorism because of the increasing number of small-scale attacks, the large number of soft targets in contemporary society, and the potential damage that individuals can cause with the use of weapons of mass destruction. Adapted from the source document.