The Brion McClanahan Show

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com A listener asks, "What is this incorporation thing you keep talking about? I hear it all the time, and I don't know what it is. Please help!" I've got you covered in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show.

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com "The Squad" held a press conference the other day in order to make their case for impeaching Donald Trump. His crime? Being a political heretic. The four stooges made that clear by the language they used to denounce his language. These people are political puritans, and anyone who does not agree with them...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com A listener asked what are the "origins of the conservative faction of the Republican Party?" This is a good question. He provided three plausible scenarios and asked in any had merit. I discuss his question and the GOSP in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show.

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com Kevin Levin has a new book coming out that Yale historian David Blight thinks will destroy the most pervasive myth of the "Civil War," that of Black Confederates. Both Blight and Levin, and their bosom buddy Bruce Levine, knock down this neo-Confederate straw man whenever they can. If you listen to these...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com This one is for the dozens of people who contacted me about my thoughts on David Barton. Should we listen to him? Short answer: no. Longer answer: run away. I explain why David Barton is one of the most problematic people on the "right"--while pointing out just a few of his stupid statements in a recent m...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com June 30 marked the 10th anniversary of the publication of my Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers. I knew that the founding generation was under assault when I wrote it, but little did I know things would spiral out of control so quickly. In ten years we have gone from contextualization to...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com The first round of "debates" are in the books and they were just as awful as I expected. I suffered through them so maybe you didn't have to, but several things were made clear by this political circus, and I tell you what those are in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show.

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com I have been saying that for almost two years. Enough with Hamilton! But it seems some other people are catching on, like the Wall Street Journal. Maybe not their editorial board, but a couple of WSJ reporters went out and found enough people who want to downplay Hamilton to write an article about it. I wr...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com The HBO miniseries Chernobyl has been a major hit. If you haven't watched it, you should. Leftists love it because they see Donald Trump and the modern United States. This is just stupid. You can't watch the show and not see the evils of communism, that is unless your entire world view is warped by anti-T...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com China wants to invade Taiwan because Lincoln invaded the South. This makes perfect sense, but not to most Americans, particularly those brainwashed by the Lincoln myth. If you believe in self-determination, then Taiwan should be independent, as should the Southern States. But this leads to the question, w...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com Trump's election produced a reevaluation of the American conservative movement. What is it? Who is in it? What does it mean? What are the core principles? Several pieces have been published in the last several weeks addressing this topic. This is part II of my discussion of the New Right.

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com Michael Malice has a new book titled The New Right. It's an honest evaluation of what has been termed the "alt-right" from an intellectually curious person. I think the book is a fantastic read, and I explain why in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show.

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com Why can't we all get along? Perhaps because we are speaking two different constitutional languages. I have been saying this for years, but three law professors have now "discovered" so-called "sobering" evidence that this is the case. Welcome to the show. I discuss these two different games in this episod...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com Young people are terrible at history. This is a pandemic, but the question is why? John Davidson at TheFederalist.com gets it mostly right by suggesting that students don't want to learn history because it is just the bad stuff. Who cares about awful people? This is true, but then he suggests that we need...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com I received a couple of emails/Tweets that just had to be used for podcast fodder. The first focused on "immorality" of Confederate monuments and the second on the supposed pristine history of the Republican Party. The two cannot be divorced so I crush both stupid positions in this episode of The Brion McC...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com Former SCOTUS Justice John Paul Stevens (99 years old) published an op-ed last week called the U.S. vs. Heller decision the worst of his tenure on the bench. Why? Because he thinks it distorted the 2nd Amendment. This is an absurd position, but one that deserves attention. I discuss in this episode of The...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support https://learntruehistory.com Tulsi Gabbard has taken a beating from the establishment. The mainstream media has resorted to "fake news" and she is at odds with her Party on foreign policy. This is typical and unfortunately stupid. But what can we expect from the modern imperialists. I discuss Gabbard in this episode of The Brion McC...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan/com/support http://learntruehistory.com A piece by Billy Binion at Reason.com argues that the time has come to remove Confederate monuments if the people of the city say they want them removed. One listener asked if this agreed with my think locally, act locally mantra. I respond in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show.

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com John Howling at Chronicles wrote a piece recently extolling the virtues of tariffs. He claims it is a matter of "piety" to favor protective measures because it helps "family, folk, and fatherland." This makes tariffs policy an economic vs. moral argument. I dive into this dichotomy in this episode of The...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com A couple of listeners sent two very good questions over the last week. The first asked if the "guarantee clause" in the Constitution authorizes the general government to use force in the event that a State alters its government from a republican form. The second wondered if the founding generation had dif...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com Frank Distefano thinks American political parties are heading for a "realignment" based on a dispute over the meaning of the "American Dream." Is this true? Maybe, but perhaps the parties will realign over something else. I discuss in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show.

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com A listener sent me a long email with three very good questions about the founding generation. Rather than respond in written form to one person, I thought it would be beneficial to respond in a way that everyone could enjoy. If one student has a question, chances are several have the same questions. This...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com Yoram Hazony argues in a piece for First Things that the solution to our political problems is the adoption of what he calls "conservative democracy." This is a thought provoking piece, but one that falls apart in its core insistence on "nationalism." We don't need "conservative democracy." We need a retu...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com A leftist professor wants to limit executive power. This should not be news in the Age of Trump. Every leftist wants to do that, but this leftist might be slightly different. Professor Julia Azari wrote a piece for Vox arguing that the Constitution doesn't do enough to limit executive power and suggests a...

Thomas Jefferson is under attack. Who didn't see this coming? There are, however, people who try to defend the man, but they do so very poorly. One such case is a recent opinion piece in the Richmond Dispatch that gave an offhanded nod of approval to a bunch of Hofstra students who want to take down a Jefferson statue on their campus. How stupid but typical. I discuss in this episode of The Brion...