The Brion McClanahan Show

Glenn Beck wants to restore the American covenant, whatever that means. He spent over two hours on July 4 giving a fake American history lesson, complete with every nationalist and New England centered myth you could imagine. I watched it so you didn't have to, and I talk about it in this Episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http:/...

Karl Rove didn't like a couple of recent Donald Trump Tweets. McClanahan, why is this news? Because Karl Rove is now "advising" Donald Trump. Herein lies the problem with Trump and explains why his "heroes" are acceptable to the establishment Republican Party. They gave him the list. And they don't want anyone talking about the culture war. I "unpack" Karl Rove's anti-Trump comments in this episod...

Can States mandate how electors vote for the president? The Supreme  Court just said yes, and I agree, but like Clarence Thomas, I disagree  with the majority opinion. Why? I explain in this episode of The Brion  McClanahan Show.    https://mcclanahanacademy.com  https://brionmcclanahan.com/support  http://learntruehistory.com

Donald Trump has ordered that the United States government build a  "National Garden to American Heroes" complete with new monuments to what  he and other neoconservatives consider to be the greatest people in  American history, like Christa McAuliffe. Nothing screams American hero  like Christa McAuliffe. Not that her death was not a tragic reminder of  the danger of spac...

F.H. Buckley's book on secession is a welcome and timely addition to the modern conversation on secession. This would have been a forbidden topic just 15 years ago, but with the current madness in American society, Buckley is wondering why and how secession could work in the 21st century. This is think locally, act locally on steroids.  https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.co...

Rich Lowry and Tim Kaine are not often lumped together. They should be. The "conservative" editor of National Review and the United States Senator from Virginia are both two idiot peas in a pod. Lowry doesn't think that taking down Confederate monuments or symbols will lead to anything other than a recognition of national greatness American imperialism while Kaine somehow believes Americans invent...

National Review writer and native Brit Cameron Hilditch thinks Confederate symbols should be erased from American society. Why? Because they are "Un-American." That's right. National Review, a "conservative" publication, thinks getting rid of Confederate symbols would be a good thing because those guys were not really Americans. You can't make up this kind of stupid, but with friends like these, w...

Are we in for another revolution in America? The first "revolution" between 1775-1783 didn't change much in American society. The second, 1861-1877, set in motion the third. In fact, this has been one long war without much of a break since 1861. The current pogrom against all things Confederate isn't really about the Confederacy but our "national" culture war. I explain in this episode of The Brio...

This might sound like something out of the Left-wing anti-Trump playbook, but I have been railing against nationalism longer than Trump's been in office. Nationalism has always been the great antithesis of the American political system, and the twin "crises" of COVID and George Floyd have exposed this, again. I discuss in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com htt...

Donald Trump has suggested he'll call out the national guard to put down  the protests and riots taking place across the United States. Can he  legally do this? Short answer: No. But he does have historical  precedents that give him cover. I discuss Article IV, Section 4 of the  Constitution, Donald Trump, the riots and much more in this episode of  The Brion McClanahan Sh...

COVID 19 has created meat shortages in the United States? Why? Because the entire industry is over-regulated and centralized, or so Paul Schwennesen (conslusively) argues. If we were already thinking locally and acting locally, this wouldn't be a big deal, but because Americans now embrace one size fits all policies, expect to ask "Where's the beef? more frequently. I discuss the problem in this e...

Did open borders cause a spike in COVID infections? In the United States, New York was public enemy #1. Most cases across the eastern half of the US (and in some cases the western)were brought from NYC. If the States shut down their borders, even to interstate travel, could this have been prevented? Americans should be talking about "open borders" in general terms. I do in this episode of The Brio...

After Episode 309 on Justin Amash and the Libertarian Party, several listeners asked me to produce an episode on the Constitution Party. This was easy. I have long been interested in the Constitution Party, and while their current crop of candidates is not that great, I thought an overview of their platform would allow me to discuss the issues related to each. Think locally, act locally. https://m...

Justin Amash has decided to run for president as the Libertarian Party candidate. This comes on the heels of such esteemed heavyweights as Gary Johnson and Bob Barr. Does he have a shot? No. Is Amash a better libertarian than either one of those previous candidates? Yes, but he is no Ron Paul, either. I discuss Amash's decision and the Libertarian Party in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show...

That's not a typo in the title. The late Mel Bradford  hit a home run with his essay "A Teaching for Republicans," an essay I  bring to you in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. Why? Because  he clearly outlines the importance of Roman history--most importantly  republican Roman history--during the founding period. This destroys the  "proposition nation" myth of th...

Protests over "First Amendment" violations by State and local governments have popped up across the United States in recent weeks. Americans have petitioned their State legislators to stop the violation of their "Constitutional right" to assembly or to halt violations of the "First Amendment." This is cutting their nose off to spite their face. Is the "First Amendment" the issue or something else?...

Is the United States on the path to a renewed interest in the Articles of Confederation? COVID-19 has certainly forced governors to spare with the general government over how to manage the internal affairs of the United States. This has led to a call for more decentralization and ABC News of all places to cite the 10th Amendment. One writer thinks we are headed for a new feudalism or at the very l...

COVID-19 is racist. Don't believe me? Just look at how the new Left is responding to the virus and government action to tame the pandemic. If you use "Chinese Virus" you are racist. Because the virus has affected the black American community in larger numbers than white Americans, any talk about reopening the economy is "racist." And because Steve Bannon and other "Traditionalist" figures have cla...

Donald Trump has declared "I am the Law!" Judge Dredd is back in town.  At least he said this for about 24 hours, but even what backpedaling, he  said governors must respect his authority. What has happened to the  American presidency, and more importantly, is Trump correct? No, he  isn't, but Trump is a symptom of the disease and the infatuation with  the American civic r...

Did the United States end World War II in Japan by dropping two atomic weapons? That has long been the contention, but beginning in 1969, scholars have challenged that position. A fairly recent book by Ward Wilson suggests the bomb had nothing to do with ending the War and was unnecessary. I discuss this position in a COVID-19 free episode. We need more normal. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https:...

Is it legal for local governments to ban outsiders? This is a pressing  question in the quarantine age, and many areas are attempting what just a  few weeks ago would have seeming impossible. And it's legal. This is  the think locally, act locally renaissance. I discuss in this episode of  The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/supp...

Franklin Roosevelt delivered one of the most important speeches in American history on March 4, 1933. It is one of the top three addresses in presidential history and perhaps the transformational speech of the 20th century. Why? You probably know a line or two, but most people have never read this short but important speech. Since I can't teach in class right now, you are my class. I discuss Roose...

Let's return to first principles. In honor of the 300th episode, I  thought it would be important to discuss where think locally, act  locally gets it constitutional juice, and there is no better way to do  it than by discussing a new book by Mike Maharrey, Constitution Owner's Manual .  This is vitally important in the age of the Chinese virus and the  suppression of civi...

What will America look like in three months? If the quarantines continue, and it looks like they will for the foreseeable future, what will happen to the United States both politically and economically? These are difficult questions to answer, but I surmise that the Southern tradition has much to say about it. I can't predict the future, but I can make some suggestions on how to live with the curr...

When did the president become the Doctor in Chief, or the Banker in  Chief, or the Landscaper in Chief? When it become acceptable for the  president to weigh in on every crisis in the United States? We have come  to believe the president should "calm the nation" or lead the recovery  effort in every bad situation. This is not what the founding generation  had in mind. Find...