The Brion McClanahan Show

Joe Biden is officially the Democrat nominee for president. It took Uncle Joe forty years to get here, and he proceeded to give one of the most ridiculous speeches in modern political history. It lacked substance and was full of platitudes and slogans that don't mean anything.  https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Barack Obama's 2020 DNC speech has been hailed as the greatest in the history of convention speeches. I, of course, have a different opinion. Forget the Cross of Gold. We have the cross of stupidity. For a "Constitutional Scholar," Obama sure doesn't know the Constitution. I discuss Obama's continuation of "remaking America" in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.c...

A couple of weeks ago, I talked about how a vote for Trump might mean California secession. This was before Kamala Harris was chosen as the VP. Do we really want California governing the United States? A recent article in the UK Daily Mail answers the question with a resounding no. And thousands of Californians think the same way. I discuss the potential for the Californization of America. https:/...

Constitutional ignorance is a serious problem in America. It constitutes a real pandemic. Public evidence #1: The DNC's laughable "convention" last night that kicked off with a reading of the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. Most Americans are required to read it and perhaps memorize it in school, but it is the most insignificant portion of the document. Many Americans probably think it IS the C...

Breaking up should be easy to do, at least politically. But we have been taught secession is illegal, treason, and un-American. A new book by Richard Krietner exposes that position as a lie. I discuss secession and Kreitner's book in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com htps://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Just when you think cancel culture couldn't get any more ridiculous, it can. Bird names are now considered racist. Add that to star names. You see, woke SJW cancel culture morons want to make sure no one feels unsafe when reading the name of a bird. I said it wouldn't stop at Confederate monuments. I discuss this absolute lunacy in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacade...

Joe Biden "chose" Kamala Harris to be "his" VP. I predicted this would happen on March 11, but what does this mean for both the Democrats and the general election in 2020? Is this the end of the line for the Trump campaign or only the beginning of his impending victory? I discuss Kamala the candidate both pro and con for the Dems in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacad...

I get asked all the time, "Hey Dr. McClanahan, what books should I read  on the War?" A listener sent me Drew Gilpin Faust's list. Before I even  read it, I knew it would be establishment nonsense. So, in honor of Dr.  Faust, here is my list. She wouldn't approve, which means you will.  Hint: No Foner, No Faust, No Blight, No McCurry. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brion...

Donald Trump signed four executive orders last week aimed at shoring up the economy. One had to do with taxes, the others with student loans, unemployment benefits, and rental agreements. This was a blatantly unconstitutional move, but Trump's response shows the reach of the imperial presidency. So what? He has a point, but there is a solution as I discuss in this episode of The Brion McClanahan S...

The LA Times recently discovered that Portland, America's "whitest" big city, is the "unlikely hub of Black Lives Matter." This makes perfect sense. Portland is infected with YSRDD or Yankee Self-Righteous Delusional Disorder, as are most Northern (and some Southern) urban areas in America. Yankeeism is a disease that has been around for hundreds of years. I discuss the problem and its hypocrisy i...

A new book by Christian Parenti urges the left to finish Alexander  Hamilton's big government dream. This has already been accomplished, as I  outlined in my How Alexander Hamilton Screwed Up America, but Parenti  has been praised for coming up with a "novel" idea. If only that were  true. Regardless, I discuss the book and Hamilton in this episode of The  Brion McClanahan...

The New York Times ran a piece on Sunday, August 2, claiming that Democrats have "war gamed" the possibility of a Trump election victory. What does this mean? If that happens, they believe under one scenario, California, Oregon, and Washington would secede. What an odd endorsement of Trump 2020. This should be his new campaign slogan: Vote For Me so California Secedes! https://mcclanahanacademy.co...

If Joe Biden wins, will the American right rise up in resistance like  the anti-Trump progressives? No. What to know why? Because a "right  wing" American can't even protest Planned Parenthood in chalk without  getting arrested while idiot progressives can pillage, plunder, and  ignore every law they choose almost without repercussion. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brio...

A listener sent me an email explaining how the government teaches the Constitution to its employees. As you might have expected, it's pretty stupid. At the same time, we have "conservatives" blaming every problem of the federal government on, you guessed it, the Confederacy. Right. I discuss these two issues in the episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmc...

Much of what is happening in American society today can be chalked up to two conflicting versions of liberty: freedom to and freedom from. At the same time, Americans have been turned into a "Victim" society where what ails you is always someone else's fault. This is why thinking locally and acting locally is so important. I explain in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahana...

Americans are lost, unsure what to do about the current higher education nightmare and the mess progressivism has made . At the same time, we are isolated and very much alone. This is where thinking locally, and acting locally can help. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Ivy League History Professor Stephanie McCurry has made a career out of the Confederacy. Unfortunately, it's been built on a set of straw man fallacies and outright distortions of the historical record. That will get you a tenured full professor position at an Ivy League institution in 2020. I take apart one of her sophomoric claims in this episode on The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahana...

Donald Trump has decreed that hundreds of federal "law enforcement" officers will be sent to Democrat controlled cities around America in order to rid them of crime. This comes on the heels of using federal "law enforcement" officers--troops--in Portland to protect the federal courthouse there. Just this week on this podcast I suggested this was a bad and unconstitutional precedent, and now Trump...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is back in the news. A reporter overhead Representative Ted Yoho of Florida call her an "F'in [female dog]," not to her face, mind you, but as she was walking away. He then Tweeted the insult thus allowing AOC to again trend on Twitter, not for anything real but for a tiff with a member of Congress. This led to a call for "civility" in Congress. Stupid, considering that me...

The mess in Portland has some progressives railing against unconstitutional federal boots on the ground, as it should. But where are these constitutionalists when "right wing" groups are rounded up by the federal government or when their favorite social programs take without remorse? I discuss Portland and federal power in this think locally, act locally episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https...

The National Museum of African American History and Culture stepped in  it last week when they released a document explaining "whiteness" in  America. It was critical race theory 101, and the worst part? American  taxpayers funded it. I discuss the issue in this episode of The Brion  McClanahan Show.    https://mcclanahanacademy.com  https://brionmcclanahan.com/s...

Can a State mandate that you wear a mask? Can a State tell cities they  can't mandate that you wear a mask? The answer to both is simply yes.  This is an interesting think locally, act locally issue. How far do we  decentralize and what "police powers" do the States have? More  importantly, what role do private business and individuals play in this  process?    h...

Paul Gottfried has edited an excellent new collection of essays on American conservatism. Titled The Vanishing Tradition, the authors explore the destruction of a real American right over the past thirty years and what that means for modern American society. I discuss one of the best essays in the collection, Jack Kerwick's smack down of the neoconservatives, in this episode of The Brion McClanaha...

What do Kanye West and Jo Jorgensen have in common? Both are running for president as "third-party" candidates. That name shows how ingrained the two party system has become in America. A listener asked if I could discuss why voting "third-party" is not throwing away your vote. We should be thinking locally and acting locally, but because national politics are a part of our lives, it seeming like...

We've all seen the term "Karen" used to describe a modern busybody. But is that the proper term to use? No. "Karens" are a byproduct of a particular type of American culture. I'll give you a hint. It begins with Y and ends with E. I discuss in this episode of the Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com