The Brion McClanahan Show

One writer at The American Thinker wondered aloud why the "South Lives  On." This would appear to be a bad thing, though the writer--operating under a pseudonym, doesn't make that entirely clear. Most of the piece  would be readily acceptable by the establishment academy, though he does think that the result of the War nearly resulted in a cultural genocide. I discuss his piece on this e...

Marjorie Taylor Greene is currently on trial in Georgia for being an "insurrectionist." The left hopes to disqualify her from potential re-election in 2022 through a misguided and incorrect reading of the 14th Amendment. Legal scholar Jonathan Turley explains the left's distorted reality in a recent piece at the Hill, a piece I cover on this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahan...

Most Americans don't realize that the North first advocated secession in the 1790s. More importantly, they don't realize that the reasons Northerners wanted to secede were the same then as they were in the South in 1860-61. And no, it wasn't slavery. It was power. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Lindsay Chervinsky thinks secession is an "insane" idea. But she also was surprised to find out that Northerners thought secession was a good idea in the 1790s. One problem. She interprets everything in American history through the "s" word, SLAVERY. This clouds her judgement concerning primary documents and makes her a bad historian.  https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com...

Historian Michael Beschloss wondered aloud if Lincoln should have let the South go. This invoked a series of responses by other leftist "historians," mostly defending Lincoln's actions in 1861. That is the wrong position. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

"Lincoln's Greatest Speeches" should be an oxymoron, but that doesn't stop people from publishing books on the topic. I discuss one such book and the contradictions in Lincoln's sophistry on this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

All John Grove wanted for Christmas were a few good amendments. Amending the Constitution would solve some serious problems in American government.   https://mcclanahanacademy.com  https://brionmcclanahan.com/support  http://learntruehistory.com

The Local Culture journal featured the topic of secession in its most  recent issue. Various scholars voiced their views on the subject, with the most important point being, "Is it the right time for secession"? I address the same question on this episode.   https://mcclanahanacademy.com  https://brionmcclanahan.com/support  http://learntruehistory.com

Virginia made George Washington. That raises an important question: why was Washington a nationalist unlike Thomas Jefferson or other members of the Virginia gentry?   https://mcclanahanacademy.com  https://brionmcclanahan.com/support  http://learntruehistory.com

Kevin Levin proudly states that black Confederates were a "myth." He  wrote an entire polemic, I mean book, dedicated to punching holes in a  straw man while using clever semantics to prove his thesis. Of course, he thinks I have not read his 187 page op-ed. I have, and this is one of  those reviews I love to do.    https://mcclanahanacademy.com  https://brionmcclanah...

A recent poll suggests that a large number of young people would rather leave the United States than defend it if a foreign power attacked. This was predictable. I discuss the ramifications on this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Bill Maher gets it. Sort of. He has realized that the national  government and national politics won't solve his problems. Amazing. Of  course, you, my listeners know this, as I show on this episode of The  Brion McClanahan Show.   https://mcclanahanacademy.com  https://brionmcclanahan.com/support  http://learntruehistory.com

Was it a war to save the Union? Nope. To end slavery? Nah. It was worse. Republicans openly admitted it was a war to nationalize everything, including the American economy. A new book conclusively exposes the scheming Republicans of the 1860s for what they were: reptiles. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The Southern political tradition is not slavery and Jim Crow, as the  historian George Rogers pointed out in 1981. We would do well to emulate  what Southerners thought was important.   https://mcclanahanacademy.com  https://brionmcclanahan.com/support  http://learntruehistory.com

Dan Smoot is one of the most remarkable media figures of the mid-twentieth century. He would have been a very popular "influencer" had he been around today. His Dan Smoot Report, both print and television, was just fantastic. In 1964, he urged the United States to "avoid war." Much of what he said is still applicable today. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://l...

Woke history is not relegated to American historians. European  historians have also lost their minds. This was a trend anyone could see  coming in the 1990s, but it is upon us, as a new book on the Middle  Ages demonstrates.   https://mcclanahanacademy.com  https://brionmcclanahan.com/support  http://learntruehistory.com

Jamelle Bouie thinks the "independent legislature doctrine" is "bunk."  Is this true? Not so fast, but just like his last piece, there is a bit  of truth--and a lot of lies--to his conclusion.   https://mcclanahanacademy.com  https://brionmcclanahan.com/support  http://learntruehistory.com

Jamelle Bouie writes a popular column at the New York Times on legal and  historical subjects. Too bad he has no understanding of the  Constitution as evidenced by a recent piece titled "The Whole Point of  the Constitution was to Weaken the States."  https://mcclanahanacademy.com  https://brionmcclanahan.com/support  http://learntruehistory.com

If you listen to the establishment historical profession, then "State's Rights" has always been a code word for racism and slavery, and it was a recent invention by nefarious people to punish black Americans. This is patently false as I discuss in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Mainstream historians want you to believe that historical questions are almost like "settled science." But we know about "settled science." They also want you to think that they are "objective" gate keepers of the truth. They can't be because no historian can be truly "objective." These are the two lies under girding the current assault on tradition in America, but this process has been ongoing fo...

American "conservatism" is a mess. Since 1865, it hasn't "conserved" anything of note, and as a great piece at Chronicles points out, it never will so long as it is controlled by establishment hacks. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Both governments and establishment "journalists" have been lying about armed conflicts since they could print for the masses, and some of these lies have led to American involvement in major wars. I discuss this problem on this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Everyone in America believes Joe Biden has extensive "war powers" and that he alone can determine American involvement in the Ukraine or anywhere in the world. This is false. I explain why on this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The United States has been on a "wartime" footing since FDR took office  in 1933. The result has been the unconstitutional expansion of the  federal government and endless wars. John T. Flynn nailed this in 1948. I  discuss Flynn and our perpetual wartime footing on this episode of The  Brion McClanahan Show.   https://mcclanahanacademy.com  https://brionmcclanahan.co...

Some people are urging Joe Biden to nationalize portions of the economy to help reduce rising gas prices. So far he has resisted, not because it's unconstitutional, because it is, but because he doesn't want to tick off the green wing of his Party. "Nationalizing" the economy is the World War I, II, and Cold War gift that keeps on giving. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/s...