The fear of a standing army drove many men in the founding generation to oppose one. By the 19th century, the cost of such an institution became a real issue, with some American leaders classifying a standing army as little more than a welfare system. By the 20th century, these critiques of a standing army had virtually disappeared, but should they? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/support
Polling data suggests more Americans are open to decentralization, i.e. nullification, secession, real federalism, than at any time in decades. Why? People know the emperor has no clothes. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/support
Most Americans are concerned about education. Conservatives generally believe that schools are not teaching people correctly, and that if we just returned to the "correct" American education, everything would be great. But what if American schools are doing exactly what they were designed to do? What if American education has always been corrupted? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/support
David French gets a lot wrong, but in almost got everything right in a recent piece at The Atlantic. French finally understands that Congress is the real culprit behind the mess in Washington D.C. You know who else knew this? John C. Calhoun. I explain why. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/support
Kevin Kruse has a reputation on social media as being "History's Attack Dog." The progressive left loves him, but is he a plagiarist? Phil Magness thinks so, and the evidence is convincing. This is important. Kruse represents everything wrong with the history profession, and no one deserves what he is getting more than the dean of "Twitter Historians." https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/support
Nothing makes leftists (and their neocon allies) see the devil more than the Confederacy and in particular Robert E. Lee. As this stupid piece from 2020 illustrates, they smell the sulfur and stench of Satan when in the presence of any Confederate artifact. How can anyone compromise with these people? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/support
New York Times columnist Ezra Klein thinks we need to "fix" the Supreme Court. Why? Because the Left cannot currently control it as a policy arm of the general government. His solutions are as bad as the problem, as I explain. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/support
Is America more "disunited" than ever? The New York Times seems to think so, and perhaps for good reason. But of course, they have only noticed because of leftist discontent with recent Supreme Court decisions. This is a great development. If we want a return to real federalism, then America needs to remain "disunited." https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/support
The phrase "All Men Are Created Equal" has created a fissure in American politics. It is the one phrase that everyone knows from the Declaration but no one can define, at least not with consensus. That has always been the case and is why the "proposition nation" myth is so dangerous. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/support
How do you define an "American"? This is a fundamental question, and one that has drawn discussion since the 19th century. It's the core of American "nationalism", and if we have a singular American "state", then a "national" solution to every political problem makes sense. But we have never had an "American people," and hence never a singular "American" identity. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brion-mcclanahan/support