The Brion McClanahan Show

Victor Davis Hanson argues that Jefferson Davis is the root of the modern Democratic Party. It's really Abraham Lincoln and the Republicans. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

American civil religion has adopted a new blasphemy, and it centers on power and control. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Conservatives are attempting to rehabilitate Richard Nixon's reputation. Should we do this? And why? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The first English thanksgiving in America did not take place in New England. It was Virginia First. This lost history is important for reorienting our understanding of the American past. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Jill Lapore thinks "originalism" killed the Constitution. Wrong. Only it can save the Constitution. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Ken Burns has unknowingly laid waste to the "Proposition Nation Myth". I'll explain how. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The ongoing debate about American "conservatism" has led to a debate over the meaning of MAGA. How do we define it? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The real target in the ongoing "conservative" civil war is not Trump, and it isn't 2026. It's Vance and 2028. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

How much has socialism influenced the United States? A lot, actually, and not just through Democrats. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

SCOTUS refused to hear a case potentially overturning the 2015 Obergefell decision. The 14th Amendment strikes again. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

There are three certainties in life: death, taxes, and the Grand Old Stupid Party. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Has America reached its "Ceausescu Moment" regarding foreign policy? Have the platitudes and slogans of the past stopped working? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

What is the most insignificant--are in reality the most misunderstood--job in American politics? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Dinesh D'Souza outlined the real purpose of the "proposition nation" myth, and it isn't history. It's also wildly ineffective. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The "brewing civil war" on the right has been ongoing for decades. Different actors but same topics. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Jamelle Bouie is troubled by this "new" imperial presidency and thinks we need to counter with an imperial congress. This is gaslighting of the highest order, but he almost gets it right. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Victor Davis Hanson argues that the 19th century Democrats are the true forefathers of the modern Left. He needs to think about John Brown's Republican Party. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Even Fox News is calling the new Confederate monument exhibit in an LA museum "barbarism." It is. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

"What do you expect when you sue the President?" Political warfare has always been part of the story of the executive branch. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Lincolnite Jamelle Bouie doesn't like Lincolnite Donald Trump. The problem is Lincolnian nationalism, but neither would admit it. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The Left would have you believe that Donald Trump is an anomaly, the exception to the founding generation. They are stupid as usual. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Heather Cox Richardson has another stupid piece comparing Trump's proposed arch to an ugly federal building. Summary: Trump's arch is anti democracy. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The Supreme Court is going to decide if the President can unilaterally fire subordinates, giving him complete control of the executive branch. What is the correct "originalist" position on this issue? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

If the American empire is in decline, what can save it? It isn't globalism. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

VD Hanson is at it again, this time calling Portland "Neo-Confederate". https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com