Conservative Historian

Send us Fan Mail Like so much media today, the content of NPR and PBS carries a bias, a specific viewpoint.  It is not enough that we disagree with the leftist content and opinions extolled on through the Corporation of Public Broadcasting.  We oppose the government being in the new opinion business altogether.  

Send us Fan Mail We have now featured 58 presidential elections, and have 45 or 46 presidents (depending on the recounts).  Not all of the disparity of these numbers are due to deaths in office nor those wishing to serve one term.  Eight presidents have lost elections having served one term.  And as of this writing, it could nine.  Learn more about those who ran but came up short.  

Send us Fan Mail In the final excerpt from our book we provide two pieces of free content.  The first is a column on Climate Change entitled Climate Change - 200 Million Years Ago. The second piece is a slice from a ranking of the greatest admirals in history.  The book is available in hard cover and Kindle versions on Amazon.  

Send us Fan Mail Progressives make their plans on the reordering of society with total certitude.  History proves this is not a good thing.  Learn more in this podcast.  

Send us Fan Mail As the election nears its conclusion (at least until the recounts begin) Biden is being supported by none other than the "Boss" himself, Bruce Springsteen.  Art can transcend the vision of the artist and this in case, it does.  Bruce's earliest, and most popular works, are anthems to conservatism.  Listen here to find out how.  

Send us Fan Mail What is the secret to predicting presidents?  Why has the media become so divisive?  Was Lawrence of Arabia or Citizen Kane the best movie ever made?  We tackle these issues and many more.  I am joined in the studio by a guy who is like a brother to me.  Well actually he is my brother and his take on presidents and movies is - unique!  

Send us Fan Mail In this excerpt from the Conservative Historian Book - Collected Works, we look at the criteria for ranking out 45 presidents.  We also offer a sneak peak at number 16 (hint, the skipper of PT 109.  

Send us Fan Mail Our new book, Conservative Historian - Collected Works is available for sale on Amazon.  This is an excerpt from the first essay in the book called "On History."  This essay addresses the best goal for a historian and how history is used in the United States today.  Hope you like this free excerpt! 

Send us Fan Mail Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of BLM,  just signed a big deal with Warner Media to produce original content.  Shelby Steele, a prominent, conservative author, and his son Eli, had their new documentary about Michael Brown cancelled by Amazon.  This is the tale of black voices in America today.  

Send us Fan Mail Jefferson and Madison died in poverty.  Barring a timely loan, John Adams might have faced the same fate.  There are questions today about Joe Biden's family making money in corrupt fashion but for Post Presidents, there is no need to cross ethical lines.  There are a myriad of legal ways to make vast amounts of money all  in the light of day.  Learn more on this podcast.  

Send us Fan Mail Fourth Dynasty Egypt was the preeminent nation of its age, then they spent their resources on the pyramids.  The Moguls towered over India, then Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal.  By contrast the Persians and Romans built roads and bridges.  So what is 21st Century America spending on today?  Buildings? Infrastructure? Or something else?  Learn more in this podcast.  

Send us Fan Mail According to the Left and much of our media, we must lament the scourges of systematic racism, disease, and hunger in America.  But how do these lamentations compare with the facts, both of today, and of history?  Learn more in this podcast.  

Send us Fan Mail The Sneetches was not just a parable about race, but about status signaling. Yertel the Turtle was not just about totalitarianism but about arrogance.  What can these stories teach us about the college experience?  Learn more here.  

Send us Fan Mail In 1944, Franklin Roosevelt dumped VP Henry Wallace from the ticket. Why? That was the last time that a person running for president knew they would not finish their term.  The progressive Wallace was dumped for the stalwart Harry S Truman.  2020 could be such as year because Joe Biden will not finish his term making the choice of Harris all the more important.  

Send us Fan Mail Thirty years ago David Souter, nominated by a Republican president, won confirmation by a vote of 90-9. Amy Coney Barret will be lucky to get 53 votes. What has happened in the past 30 years, and over the course of the history of our Republic, that has changed in regard to SOTUS. 

Send us Fan Mail What happens to BLM when police reform is achieved?  What about Fair Fight, Cut 50 and Know Your Rights Camp? Is the reason for being to achieve racial equality or to perpetuate its own existence?  The People's Party existed for about eight years then went away.  But that will not happen with BLM.  To learn more, listen in.  

Send us Fan Mail Did Grigory Potemkin really build fake villages to fool his empress (and lover)? Whether he did or did not the term Potemkin Villages has come to mean a facade put in place of something real.  Joe Biden is the Potemkin candidate and his managers are running a Potemkin campaign.  Learn more in this podcast.  

Send us Fan Mail The construction of the Maginot Line was the best military decision of of 1914.  Unfortunately it was built 20 years later.  We like to use history to help us inform our decisions but we often are fighting the last battle, not the present one.  The election dates of 1968, 1972 and 2016 are batted about in regard to 2020.  Why is this wrong? Learn more in this podcast.  

Send us Fan Mail Before Biden chose Harris, there was Adams, Burr and even Teddy Roosevelt.  The history of those running for Vice President is long, and sometimes tortuous.  Yet as Adams stated, " I am Vice President. In this, I am nothing, but I may be everything.” 

Send us Fan Mail The BLM protesters brought a guillotine to Washington D.C. and murdered Donald Trump and Jeff Bezos (??) in effigy.  What do we know about the real use of this terror device. What do we know about the French Revolution and its, and socialism's, intellectual godfather Jean Jacques Rousseau? Learn More in this podcast.  

Send us Fan Mail In the fifth century CE, the Western Roman Empire fell and with it we moved from the Ancient to the Medieval worlds.  What was lost an what are the lessons for America today?  This podcast features Thomas Cahill, Vince Lombardi, St. Patrick and Augustine of Hippo.  

Send us Fan Mail Now that election season is in full swing we will be inundated by "this is the most important election ever" rhetoric.  Is this really the case? Maybe.  But for a historical view into American elections that actually DID CHANGE everything, please listen to this podcast.  Bel Aves. 

Send us Fan Mail What does 4th Century Alexandrian Professor, a 12th century English Royal Family, a 13th century Mongolian, and a 20th century Rwandan Hotel Owner have in common?  They are all part of our Top 20 Historical Movies.  

Send us Fan Mail Instead of issuing three different pieces seperately, we put the following together because they are all about COVID-19.   Story 1 - A History of Pestilence  Story 2 - Authoritarianism and Conronavirus Story 3 - The Link of Coronavirus and Climate Change

Send us Fan Mail The use of class envy to accrue political power is centuries old.  But even the Romans did not have to deal with Marxism.  This podcast shows why Marxism is still with us, despite the failures of its economics, and its horrific history of mass murder.