The Brion McClanahan Show

I explained way back in 2016 that Americans were angry. It's only gotten worse. Why? Politics are a religion and no one wants to be ruled by another denomination. That, coupled with all the current restrictive policies from various governments and people are piping mad. How do we fix this? Think locally and act locally. I explain in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacad...

The left has acquired the habit of calling everything they don't like "evil." We've lost all understanding of the word. If everything is "evil," then it all must be eliminated. I discuss how this idiotic distortion of language is contributing to our current political crisis on this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learnt...

The National Park Service asked Americans if Lincoln needs "contextualization." Yes. We have also been told Confederate monuments needed to come down because they promoted a false "myth" of American history. So, what if other monuments the left likes do the same thing? Time to take them down. I discuss in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclana...

Sarah Silverman thinks the time is right for an amicable divorce while Ken Burns worries that our current political climate is as bad as the 1850s. I believe Silverman is on to something. Instead of shooting at each other, why not secession? We have a choice, just like Lincoln had a choice in 1860. Silverman could be the new face of American secession. I discuss in this episode of The Brion McClan...

The latest charade from the left centers on the "racist history" of the filibuster. If it is racist, it has to go, and if it goes, then the Democrats can do whatever they want in the Congress. Except, as usual, they are making it up as they go along. I discuss in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

A listener asks, "If Michael Anton is wrong about American conservatism, can you provide a short definition of it?" Certainly. I discuss in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

People often complain about a lack of history education in America. That isn't the problem. The problem is a lack of REAL history education in America. Take for example a recent list of star teachers from a prestigious academic institution. You couldn't find a better crop of leftist activists. I explain in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclan...

Ann Coulter recently published a piece entitled "Gray Lives Matter" where she condemned so-called Confederate iconoclasm. This was a heroic piece in our age of wokeness. I discuss in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

A listener asks did General Milley commit treason by calling the Chinese military in the waning days of the Trump administration? This is a good question. I discuss in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

American college aged men are beginning to wonder if college is worth it. According to recent data, female college enrollment is outpacing male college enrollment almost 2 to 1, meaning that most college graduates are going to be women. What does this say about American society? I discuss in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/suppor...

The  National Archives has decided the founding documents require a trigger  warning. You might be offended by liberty, independence, and federalism.  And we celebrate the founding generation entirely too much and too  often. You see, they used some non-woke language in the 18th century and  that might hurt your feelings, snowflake. We live in clown world. I  discuss...

"Conservative" Christian Russell Moore doubled down on his woke transformation by penning for Christianity Today titled, "Good Riddance to the Robert E. Lee Statue." This is par for the course for Moore and as usual logically flawed. With "conservative" friends like these, who needs enemies? I discuss Moore's worthless piece and the attack on Lee in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https...

Joe Biden backtracked on federal power and instructed OSHA to enforce a vaccine mandate. This was to be expected and is illegal. But the real issue is the future of executive power in America and the quest for power among the political Puritans. I discuss in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

According to the progressives, air conditioning causes environmental violence. That means we should not use it, especially developing countries that have never had the opportunity to have it. These people are lunatics. I discuss the latest assault on air conditioning in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehist...

A progressive figured out that some people who think locally and act locally may not be progressive. The horror! You see, this dope thought that every locally minded person was a hippie. If not, they should be ostracized. You can't make up this kind of stupid, but this progressive wrote an entire article about it. I discuss the localist who doesn't like localism in this episode of The Brion McClan...

If you listen to the Straussians--like the "Hillsdale/Claremont  School"--yes. Take for example a recent interview with Hillsdale College  President Larry Arn, who wrongfully argues that Calhoun essentially  created the modern leftist political climate. He gets so much wrong in  this interview that I had to respond.    https://mcclanahanacademy.com  https://brion...

Something is wrong. SCOTUS has nailed two rulings this summer. The left has gone mad, but Roe v. Wade has been an incorrect ruling since it was issued in 1973. I discuss the constitutional side of the issue in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

William Faulkner was arguably the best American writer of the 20th century. Why? Because he knew tradition was the key to a good story. He also offered some sage words of advice to aspiring writers when he received a Noble Prize in literature in 1950. This short speech is one of the best written in the modern age and should be consumed, chewed, and digested. I discuss the speech in this episode of...

The Chinese are buying up American farm land. So are other foreign entities. Is this beneficial for the United States? And if not (it isn't), how does federalism work to stop this from happening? I discuss the problem in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The Supreme Court almost always fails to deliver the correct opinion in key cases. Almost. They got one right last week when they ruled Biden's CDC cannot extend a moratorium on evictions. This was a softball case, a clear example of unconstitutional federal overreach, but they muffed it up in June making this decision far from certain. I discuss in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https...

Is America an "idea"? The Claremont Institute thinks so. They also have a  new fellowship program called the "Sheriffs Fellowship" designed to  highlight the role of local law enforcement in upholding the  Constitution, but to Claremont, that means Lincolnian nationalism. I  discuss their inconsistency in this episode of The Brion McClanahan  Show.   https://mcclanaha...

Do we have a "national" Constitution? The historical establishment would have you believe it. According to a new book on Daniel Webster, the Constitution was always a "national" document, and Webster simply tried to make that clear during his long legal career. But, what if Webster was attempting to foist his incorrect interpretation of the founding on America? What if Webster's "national" Constit...

In 2009, I wrote my Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers to center our understanding of that generation. Leftists like to insist that we can't say, "The Founders Never Intended" because they never agreed on anything. One popular leftist historian recently published a rant making this point. This isn't true, particularly in regard to original intent. Episode 500 circles back to where...

The left seems to be conflicted over American withdraw from Afghanistan. On the one hand, many principled leftists never supported American involvement from the beginning and have cheered getting out. On the other, they are worried that a reduced American imperialist footprint will mean women and girls will face harsh conditions. Thus, American imperialism needs to continue for "humanitarian reaso...

Missouri and Florida are defying the federal government. The fed's response was predictable: "You're violating the supremacy clause!" Or, "you want our money, you better do what we say!" This is exhibit 1 billion in our ongoing effort to expose Constitutional stupidity. I explain in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahah.com/support http://...