The Brion McClanahan Show

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com Facebook is now "Fact Checking" posts. This is bad news for a variety of reasons, but maybe most embarrassingly because they are using a former CNN reporter to do the fact checking. What could go wrong with that, particularly when they are "fact checking" the civil war [sic]. I hit this issue head on in t...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com Adam Gopnik at The New Yorker has written one of the most stupid (but typical) pieces on Reconstruction. The presentism, the historical revisionism, and the downright laughable assertions are so cringe worthy, I had to podcast about it. It also makes for a great introduction to my newest course at https:/...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com Conservative scholar Daniel Mallock blames identity politics, in particular Southerners, for the sectional conflict and "civil war." Is he correct? In short, no, at least in regard to the South. He also supports a type of neoconservative nationalism that would find favor with leftists like Jill Lepore. I...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com Harvard professor Jill Lepore thinks we need to write more nationalist histories of the United States, but they have to be a certain type of nationalist histories. She gets so many things wrong in a recent article for foreignaffairs.com that I had to take her positions apart.

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com We witnessed an example of good, bad, and ugly in state politics this week. Missouri did something good, no great, Mississippi the bad with good intent, and Colorado and Delaware the ugly. I explain all three in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show.

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com The Federalist Society has decided to give an award named after the "originalist" Joseph Story. This is a bad idea for so many reasons. I explain why in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show.

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com Libertarianism.org has called John Tyler the worst president in American history. This is lunacy. I like the author of the piece, but in this case, he's just flat wrong. I tackle the issue in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show.

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com Is incorporation settled law? More importantly, what does the "Establishment Clause" contained in the First Amendment mean? And could/can States have state established churches? These are big questions. One candidate for a Wisconsin State court position believes that the States did have the ability to est...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com This is a listener requested episode. Lincoln's Cooper Union Address is considered to be one of his best speeches. Figures. It is full of historical inaccuracies, half-truths, and logical fallacies. Typical Honest Abe. I take apart this speech and discuss what it means for American history on this episode...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com I mean this in the nicest way. Avoid presidential rankings by collections of esteemed historians. They aren't worth the time and effort to read them. I do that for you and comment on the absolute stupidity in their ranking system--and the justifications for them--in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Sh...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com According to a federal judge, women are now eligible for the draft. This is a sad day for Western Civilization. I Tweeted something on a similar line and of course the radical leftists went crazy. I explain everything in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show.

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com Oops they did it again, they played with the Constitution, and they're not quite innocent. Of course I am not referring to Brittany Spears, but to the 9 actors on the Supreme Court. While many people stood up and applauded the SCOTUS decision in Timbs v. Indiana, the Court, as usual, got it wrong. Only Ju...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com Progressives want a 70% top marginal income tax rate and claim this has always been the American way, that is until those evil Republicans changed things in the 1980s. This is all hogwash. I discuss taxes, Republicans, and progressives in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show.

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com Are George Washington and Abraham Lincoln really the best presidents in American history? More importantly, are they similar in any way? No. In fact, Lincoln should be regarded as one of the worst. I take apart President's Day, Lincoln, and the Lincoln myth on this Episode of The Brion McClanahan Show.

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com When something is wrong, just blame Calhoun. That is what anyone with half a brain decides to do. It doesn't matter if you are on the "left" or the "right," Calhoun is the root of all American evil. This is a cartoonish narrative that unfortunately gets used too often. I take apart a recent attempt by a "...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com What's wrong with education in America? It sure isn't money. It sure isn't a lack of teachers or people trying to teach in higher education, but that is what the Left would have you to believe. The problem is indoctrination and stupid majors that should not exist. The progs break it and then have the "sol...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com Trump delivered the State of the Union address to a group of spoiled teenagers last night. He said some good things, but as usual, the address had little substance and was heavy on slogans and platitudes. I give you a SOU that we all should applaud, that is all adults should applaud.

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com Progressives need to control the federal bench, which is why they are so worried about "RGB" as I like to mix up the letters. Very 90s. Regardless, they worry that the bogeyman Federalist Society will have more input in selecting judicial appointments. Will the Federalist Society change the direction of t...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com "AOC" thinks the billionaires are immoral. Leftist "journalist" pens pieces supporting her claim with quotes from the founding generation. Predictable and stupid. I discuss in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show.

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com Trump and Pelosi are slugging it out over the forthcoming State of the Union address. This raises some interesting political, constitutional, and ceremonial questions. I discuss them all in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show.

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com It has become a fairly standard procedure to bash the academy. There's a reason for that. The academy is a cesspool that doesn't meet its stated mission, namely to produce people able to think critically and independently. That is the point. Most academics don't want students who think critically and inde...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com National Review thinks the courts can save federalism. At least they are talking about saving federalism. The courts cannot be trusted to do anything. I discuss in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show.

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com Does Donald Trump have emergency powers to build the wall? This is an important legal question, but one with a simple (but unpopular for many people) answer: No. If we are going to say the Constitution needs to be upheld, then we need to be consistent. I discuss my thoughts on Trump's wall, the Republican...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com Tucker Carlson gave perhaps the most important political television monologue of early 2019 last week in response to Mitt Romney's op-ed critical of Donald Trump. It was bold, meaty, and it ticked off establishment Republicans like Ben Shapiro. That's why it was great. I discuss both the monologue and Sha...

https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com The Millennials have taken over the building, or so it seems if you watch the news. "AOC" is the media darling and everyone is jumping on board. But this isn't the whole truth. We are seeing a slight generational shift in the United States Congress, but the Generation Xers have more seats than the Millenn...