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Ep. 612: Would Young People Defend the United States?
A recent poll suggests that a large number of young people would rather leave the United States than defend it if a foreign power attacked. This was …
4 years ago
Ep. 611: Bill Maher is Thinking Locally and Acting Locally
Bill Maher gets it. Sort of. He has realized that the national government and national politics won't solve his problems. Amazing. Of course, you, …
4 years ago
Ep. 610: To Save the War Bonds!
Was it a war to save the Union? Nope. To end slavery? Nah. It was worse. Republicans openly admitted it was a war to nationalize everything, includin…
4 years ago
Ep. 609: The Southern Political Tradition
The Southern political tradition is not slavery and Jim Crow, as the historian George Rogers pointed out in 1981. We would do well to emulate what …
4 years ago
Ep. 608: Avoiding War in 1964
Dan Smoot is one of the most remarkable media figures of the mid-twentieth century. He would have been a very popular "influencer" had he been around…
4 years ago
Ep. 607: Woke Middle Ages
Woke history is not relegated to American historians. European historians have also lost their minds. This was a trend anyone could see coming in t…
4 years ago
Ep. 606: Independent State Legislature Doctrine?
Jamelle Bouie thinks the "independent legislature doctrine" is "bunk." Is this true? Not so fast, but just like his last piece, there is a bit of t…
4 years ago
Ep. 605: Jamelle Bouie's Constitutional Ignorance
Jamelle Bouie writes a popular column at the New York Times on legal and historical subjects. Too bad he has no understanding of the Constitution a…
4 years ago
Ep. 604: Did the South Invent "State's Rights"?
If you listen to the establishment historical profession, then "State's Rights" has always been a code word for racism and slavery, and it was a rece…
4 years ago
Ep. 603: "Objective" History Does Not Exist
Mainstream historians want you to believe that historical questions are almost like "settled science." But we know about "settled science." They also…
4 years ago