Conservative Historian

Send us Fan Mail Media is intended as a conveyance of information in the form of news, facts and data.  Opinion is a judgement not necessarily based in fact.  Which do you think our media practices today?  Has media ever really provided news.  

Send us Fan Mail We get it - you are probably on Meghan overload but we explore two aspects of this interview that have been lightly covered. What is the relationship of our government to the concept of Chief of State, a role in the UK held by the monarchy.  And why so little comment on the relationship of racism to the billionaire who conducted the interview?  

Send us Fan Mail In just the past 10 years, those who claim a religion has dropped precipitously. But who needs religion when we have politics to fill the spiritual gap.   

Send us Fan Mail Hollywood movies tend to be dominated by liberal thought.  We are changing that with fixes to seven movies, including Avatar and Good Will Hunting that will speak to the conservative in all of us.  

Send us Fan Mail Both the Republican Party leadership and a good chunk of its base still adheres to Donald Trump.  This podcasts explores how history, and simple math, make this a dire prospect.  

Send us Fan Mail There is lot of American History, innumerable Lincoln biographies and a bunch of "America is bad" canon.  We leave the shores of the U.S. to Sub-Saharan Africa to learn about Mansa Musa, and what this subject means to today's historical debates.  

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Send us Fan Mail Amidst a financial crisis, banker JP Morgan stepped in solved the issue preventing financial calamity.  Since, then, any crisis, both real and made up, have been conjured to justify governmental intervention.  Will the GameStop short squeeze be different?  We talk about everything from short squeezes to Roman banking. 

Send us Fan Mail A central pillar of conservatism is the preservation of freedom of speech, in all its sometimes ugly aspects.   But we also believe that as a republic, officials elected by the people should be the primary determinants of governance.  Activism often subverts this principle and lately, is having a perverse affect on our politics.  

Send us Fan Mail There is a movement afoot among the progressives who run Big Education to try to omit ancient history from the curricula to make room for Critical Race Theory and programs like the 1619 Project.  Ancient History has a lot more to teach us and in the podcast, we learn from one of the most influential figures of that, or any other time.  

Send us Fan Mail In 1894 Jacob S. Coxey led a march on Washington.  Coxey wanted to compel the national government to provide unemployed workers with jobs, and do so in a peaceful manner.  This was the first time that such a march had been conducted as most protests of this type was aimed at local governments.  Additionally, to ensure a peaceful protest, Coxey dressed his own 17 year old daughter...

Send us Fan Mail Ida Tarbell has been continuously celebrated by her attack on John D. Rockefeller and his Standard Oil Corporation.  Her narrative, which set a "standard" for journalism and history, was based on half truths and personal bias.  

Send us Fan Mail When Lucius Cornelius Sulla marched on Rome, he set a precedent but the seeds of his march were sown before his decision.  When thugs invaded out capitol building on January 6, 2021, it was unprecedented but the seeds were sown before Donald Trump's incitement.   The seeds are recent adoptions by right wing elements of the Left's playbook: victim status, grievance and an...

Send us Fan Mail Regardless of all the challenges and theories, Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States.  This podcast shows that had Donald Trump handled two critical days differently, he would still be president after January 20th, 2021.  

Send us Fan Mail This is the second part to our piece about the monopolistic power of Big Education.  

Send us Fan Mail In this two part podcast, we explore supposed monopolies such as Standard Oil, IBM and now, Facebook.  Were these entities "harmful" to consumers?  In Part II we explore a TRUE monopoly and we shall see whether it is harmful.  

Send us Fan Mail The gun revolutionized feudal and early modern society.  The information age is having the same effect on gender roles.  Learn more in this podcast.  

Send us Fan Mail The academy, many journalists and additional platforms teach that the reason nations in Africa, South America and South Asia cannot prosper is the legacy of colonialism.  This podcast provides a different perspective.  

Send us Fan Mail Is Jill Biden a real doctor?  Is questioning whether she is a real doctor make one a misogynist? Is Edith Boling Wilson an archetype for the incoming administration.  We answer these questions and more! 

Send us Fan Mail For over 60 years, Walter Williams offered a different view on race, poverty, and liberty.  This past week he passed away and he will be sorely missed.  Learn more about this great man and his views.  

Send us Fan Mail Some of the movies you might know (Braveheart, 300) but have you heard of Dragon Blade?  That is the movie where the guy from Say Anything who holds a boom box above his head portrays a Roman General - in China!  Smoke these movies, but do not inhale for historical accuracy.  

Send us Fan Mail In 2004, during a stirring Democratic National Convention address, Barack Obama made an implicit promise with the American people.  If we elected him, he would help guide us to a post racial nation.  In 2020 he has wrote his third (and counting) autobiography, The Promised Land.  What is this Promised Land and what happened to the promise of Barack Obama.  

Send us Fan Mail Here we take a look at 14 books that are must (and entertaining) reading for any historians book shelf.  

Send us Fan Mail The Electoral College has been a part of elections in 58 contests.  In the age of Trump this 200 year old system is under fire.  Learn why it is vital to the health of our Republic to keep the Electoral College firmly in place.  

Send us Fan Mail We are told to be "great."  But what does this really mean?  It often entails making big things happen.  This can often be a good thing, but not always.