The Brion McClanahan Show

Some people in Atlanta want out, and they are asking the State  legislature to let them become the city of Buckhead. This is think  locally, act locally in action. Who wouldn't want out of Atlanta? One  snag, though. This would make a majority wealthy white city next to a  majority black and less affluent Atlanta, and that has some progressives  raging mad. I discuss Buckh...

If you think Robert E. Lee was and is a great American, you are part of a  cult, at least according to English professor and Harvard grad Laurie  Brodie. She should know. She teaches at Washington and Lee. This dope is  so loony I needed to cover her hit piece in Harvard Magazine. It's a  podcast dream.   https://mcclanahanacademy.com  https://brionmcclanahan.com/supp...

If you listen to some modern conservatives, not only was Martin Luther  King a conservative, but so was Frederick Douglass and Elizabeth Cady  Stanton, among others. Why not Karl Marx? This kind of lunacy shows how  ridiculous "Conservative Inc.," is and why it needs to be exposed as a  fraud, kind of like "Equality as Conservative."   https://mcclanahanacademy.com  h...

If you get your history from David Barton, you are already behind the  curve. That is especially true if you listen to Barton about federalism,  decentralization, nullification, or secession. The man is more of a  nationalist hack than Allen Guelzo.    https://mcclanahanacademy.com  https://brionmcclanahan.com/support  http://learntruehistory.com

According to leftists, we are already in a civil war, but they wonder over what exactly? To them, it's mean Trump supporters destroying our "democracy." See January 6 and all the rude things they have done over the past five years. But they can't seem to grasp that the real solution is to decentralize power. Nope. To the ideological leftist, the only solution to anything is more government power a...

Was Robert E. Lee a traitor? Allen Guelzo thinks so. He also thinks that  the nation state prevented extensive warfare from the 17th century  forward. But Guelzo does understand that the real issue of the 19th  century was centralization. He just argues it was best for the United  States. I discuss these issues on this episode of The Brion McClanahan  Show.   https://...

Most Americans think secession automatically leads to war. Why? Because they have been taught to think that from the time they were little minds of mush. And Lincoln. Case in point, a recent article at NPR where the author equates self determination to "civil war." You see, to this numbskull, if people separate, they will have to start shooting. Ridiculous. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://br...

The American Thinker ran a great piece on the origins of the "civil war." Hint: it wasn't really about the moral issue of slavery. The author calls out such stupidity as juvenile, but what should we expect in a society that celebrates abject stupidity? I discuss the piece on this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntru...

GQ Magazine thinks America is at war over "the history of slavery", at least that is what author and "historian" Clint Smith argues. You see, Smith believes that America has long lied about the history of slavery, meaning that most Americans have never been taught the "truth" about slavery. By the "truth," Smith means the abolitionist positions on the institution before the War. This would be laug...

The 14th Amendment is one of the most destructive legal mechanisms in American history, not how it was originally interpreted, but because the federal court system has used it as a "legislative" hammer to destroy the original Constitution. It is nothing short of an unmitigated disaster. But you still have people on both sides of the political spectrum arguing it is one of the best Amendments in th...

Conservatives are engaged in a war over the meaning of "American  conservatism." Is it Lockean? Is it nationalist? And more importantly,  are Alexander Hamilton, John Marshall, John Adams, and Abraham Lincoln  the standard for what it means to be an "American conservative",  particularly in relation to the meaning and structure of the  Constitution? If you think Lincoln wa...

Helen Andrews recently took a blowtorch to the modern interpretation of  Reconstruction, specifically W.E.B. DuBois's work, Black Reconstruction.  This won't win her any fans on the left--or the Straussian right--but  she was correct in her assessment. I discuss her article and  Reconstruction.   https://mcclanahanacademy.com  https://brionmcclanahan.com/support ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsome has threatened to block the feds from interfering in State gun control legislation by the same means Texas used with its "Heartbeat Bill." This was done to own the "wing nuts" on the right, but I find his terms acceptable. I also support Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's efforts to shield Texas Guard unites from federal mandates. In both cases, federalism wins.  https://m...

When even The Atlantic starts seeing the light, albeit dimly, things are looking up. In a shocking article, The Atlantic appears at least somewhat sympathetic with the modern Oregon's secession movement, or the peaceful attempt to have several counties become part of Idaho. This was absolutely a topic I needed to address. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://lea...

Progressive or "Conservative"? Both sides point the finger at John C.  Calhoun as the supreme evil doer in American history. They both think of  him as the American Hitler. Don't believe me? This show exposes what I  have been telling you about this for years. You can't "conserve"  anything but a leftist agenda with this stupidity.   https://mcclanahanacademy.com  htt...

Biden's commission on federal courts opened with a shocking revelation: the left doesn't like judicial review! At least some on the left don't like judicial review if it is being used by a federal court dominated by conservatives. Of course, the only way the left has won anything is through the federal courts. But the mere fact that people are talking about this is a great development. The answer,...

Christopher Caldwell has gone where only angles dare to tread. In his  Age of Entitlement, he attacks the legislation crafted during the Civil  Rights movement and points to it as the legislation that destroyed the  original Constitution.   https://mcclanahanacademy.com  https://brionmcclanahan.com/support  http://learntruehistory.com

We use the term "founding" in the United States to mean a period in  which the United States was "created." But was this unique or did it  have continuity with an older tradition in Western Civilization? I  discuss the topic on this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show.   https://mcclanahanacademy.com  https://brionmcclanahan.com/support  http://learntruehistory.com

John Grove at Law and Liberty published an excellent article on "the  power to control." Politics has always been about power, and both the  left and the right get caught in the power trip. I explain on this  episode of The Brion McClanahan Show.   https://mcclanahanacademy.com  https://brionmcclanahan.com/support  http://learntruehistory.com

Victor Davis Hanson thinks the progressive left is the new "blue  confederacy" in America. He bases his argument on a false dichotomy,  namely the "righteous cause myth" verses the "lost cause." This is not  only ridiculous but bad history.   https://mcclanahanacademy.com  https://brionmcclanahan.com/support  http://learntruehistory.com

Federally funded internal improvements have always invited crony  capitalism. The Old Republicans opposed them for that reason. How does  this apply to Elon Musk? I'll explain on this episode of The Brion  McClanahan Show.   https://mcclanahanacademy.com  https://brionmcclanahan.com/support  http://learntruehistory.com

John Adams called the vice presidency the worst job ever invented. It  was supposed to be irrelevant, at least that is how it was sold to the  States during ratification. Modern conceptions of the job are a  distortion of originalism, but Kamala Harris might just be the right  remedy. She is so bad, no one wants her to do anything.   https://mcclanahanacademy.com  htt...

Is the United States a republic or a democracy? Neither, but that's not  what historians on the left and right argue about. I explain on this  episode of The Brion McClanahan Show.   https://mcclanahanacademy.com  https://brionmcclanahan.com/support  http://learntruehistory.com

Joe Biden's mandate heads to federal court, and the winner is....the 6th  Circuit. You almost could not parody the stupidity of the United States  government and the federal court system. I discuss both the mandate and  the idiotic nature of the federal courts in this episode of The Brion  McClanahan Show.   https://mcclanahanacademy.com  https://brionmcclanahan.com/s...

The "treasury of virtue" self-righteous Northerner who constantly sneers  at the South needs some self-reflection and some honest history.   https://mcclanahanacademy.com  https://brionmcclanahan.com/support  http://learntruehistory.com