Brion T. McClanahan

Brion T. McClanahan

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Brion McClanahan is a renowned historian, highly educated in the field of American History. He has received a Master's Degree and a Doctorate from the prestigious University of South Carolina.

Dr. McClanahan continues to contribute to the academic community, developing and offering new courses regularly. To explore his latest offerings, visit McClanahan Academy's website at https://mcclanahanacademy.com/.

If you wish to connect and follow Dr. McClanahan, visit his personal website at http://brionmcclanahan.com/. Stay updated on his new courses, research, and insights into American History.

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Rich Men North of Richmond

Rich Men North of Richmond

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Texas v. Biden

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Trump v. Harris Round 1

Trump v. Harris Round 1

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What is the Real Lie About the "Civil War"?

What is the Real Lie About the "Civil War"?

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Mark Levin is Bad at History...Again

Mark Levin is Bad at History...Again

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Texas Secession!

Texas Secession!

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Bill O'Reilly's Really Stupid 5 Worst Presidents

Bill O'Reilly's Really Stupid 5 Worst Presidents

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The Texas Stunt and Compact Theory

The Texas Stunt and Compact Theory

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Think Locally, Act Locally 2025-2029

Think Locally, Act Locally 2025-2029

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Live November 5 2024 Election Discussion

Live November 5 2024 Election Discussion

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Did the South Keep Lincoln Off the Ballot?

Did the South Keep Lincoln Off the Ballot?

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The Last President Worth Voting For

The Last President Worth Voting For

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Why Are Young Conservatives Adopting Identity Politics?

Why Are Young Conservatives Adopting Identity Politics?

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(Dis)Honest Abe

(Dis)Honest Abe

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Civil War Caused by Slaver Democrats?

Civil War Caused by Slaver Democrats?

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Nikki Haley Talks Secession

Nikki Haley Talks Secession

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Triggered Ty Seidule

Triggered Ty Seidule

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History is Dead. Here's Why

History is Dead. Here's Why

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Inequality as a Right-Wing Principle

Inequality as a Right-Wing Principle

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Is the Civil War on the Ballot in 2024?

Is the Civil War on the Ballot in 2024?

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Should We Forget Thomas Jefferson?

Should We Forget Thomas Jefferson?

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Why Can't We Get Better Candidates?

Why Can't We Get Better Candidates?

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Are the Federalist Papers the Constitutional Bible?

Are the Federalist Papers the Constitutional Bible?

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This "Conservative" Talking Point is Stupid

This "Conservative" Talking Point is Stupid

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Hawaii Destroys Incorporation

Hawaii Destroys Incorporation

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No, The United States Was Not Founded on an Idea

No, The United States Was Not Founded on an Idea

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The Trump Insurrection Disqualification?

The Trump Insurrection Disqualification?

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Righteous Cause or Lost Cause?

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60 Minutes Destroyed the Harris/Walz Campaign

60 Minutes Destroyed the Harris/Walz Campaign

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SCOTUS Destroys Activist Historians

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Biden's 1850s Speech

Biden's 1850s Speech

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The. Worst. President. (if. you. have. TDS.) Is?

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A Real Defense of the Arlington Confederate Monument

A Real Defense of the Arlington Confederate Monument

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Utah Tells the General Government to Pound Sand

Utah Tells the General Government to Pound Sand

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Three Types of American Conservatism?

Three Types of American Conservatism?

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Is the "Civil War" Still Raging?

Is the "Civil War" Still Raging?

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What Makes an Activist Historian?

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Time Magazine has Spoken. Secession is Illegal!

Time Magazine has Spoken. Secession is Illegal!

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Why Do Americans Support Secession?

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The Long History of "Civil War" Fiction

The Long History of "Civil War" Fiction

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Congress Can't Delegate Powers to the President

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A Fake Wall of Separation

A Fake Wall of Separation

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Do We Have Two American "Foundings"?

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The Scoop on "Civil War"

The Scoop on "Civil War"

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Historians Peddle Leftism Instead of History

Historians Peddle Leftism Instead of History

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Is the South a Problem in American Society?

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This American Symbol Gets You Jail Time

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What Would Secession Look Like?

What Would Secession Look Like?

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The Anti-War Abraham Lincoln Myth

The Anti-War Abraham Lincoln Myth

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The Right to Secession

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Trump's Executive Order Onslaught

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Fort Bragg 2.0?

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The Civil War Never Ended?

The Civil War Never Ended?

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The Woke War on State Flags

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Trump's TR Inaugural

Trump's TR Inaugural

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When Twitter Historians Can't Read Primary Documents

When Twitter Historians Can't Read Primary Documents

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Thomas Jefferson, Conservative

Thomas Jefferson, Conservative

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The Democratic Party is Dead...For Now

The Democratic Party is Dead...For Now

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What is an "American" Foreign Policy?

What is an "American" Foreign Policy?

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The Legend of the "Underground Railroad"

The Legend of the "Underground Railroad"

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Small is More Beautiful Than Ever

Small is More Beautiful Than Ever

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Blame Centralization

Blame Centralization

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The Most Dangerous Word in the World

The Most Dangerous Word in the World

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It's Your Fault

It's Your Fault

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Progressives Feel Betrayed by Their "Allies"

Progressives Feel Betrayed by Their "Allies"

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Is "Localism" Dangerous?

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Foundations of Political Order

Foundations of Political Order

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The Fort Pillow "Massacre"?

The Fort Pillow "Massacre"?

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Will This Supreme Court Case Destroy the Tax Code?

Will This Supreme Court Case Destroy the Tax Code?

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What Does Romney's Retirement Mean for Republicans?

What Does Romney's Retirement Mean for Republicans?

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Republicans Crush Free Speech and the Free Press

Republicans Crush Free Speech and the Free Press

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Are We Seeing a New Feudalism in America?

Are We Seeing a New Feudalism in America?

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Did the Founders Make a Critical Mistake?

Did the Founders Make a Critical Mistake?

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Democrats Don't Understand the Constitution, Again

Democrats Don't Understand the Constitution, Again

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Trump Has a New "Lost Cause Myth"?

Trump Has a New "Lost Cause Myth"?

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Is the GOP the Party of John C. Calhoun?

Is the GOP the Party of John C. Calhoun?

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New York Secession

New York Secession

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Activist Historians Against Trump!

Activist Historians Against Trump!

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The 14th Amendment and Citizenship

The 14th Amendment and Citizenship

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The Midwit New York Times on Secession

The Midwit New York Times on Secession

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Did Trump Ruin the Republican Party?

Did Trump Ruin the Republican Party?

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Our Hellish Post-Liberal Order

Our Hellish Post-Liberal Order

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Do We Need Revisionist History?

Do We Need Revisionist History?

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The Compact Fact

The Compact Fact

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The Assault on Tradition

The Assault on Tradition

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Biden's Out Like It's 1968

Biden's Out Like It's 1968

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8 months ago
The Best Founding Fathers

The Best Founding Fathers

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What is Destroying the "Pax Americana"?

What is Destroying the "Pax Americana"?

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Trump v. Anderson

Trump v. Anderson

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Trump's Defense of Federalism

Trump's Defense of Federalism

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Trumps' Foreign Policy Defined by a Picture?

Trumps' Foreign Policy Defined by a Picture?

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Do We Have a Corporate Oligarchy?

Do We Have a Corporate Oligarchy?

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Secession is Making Some Politicians Mad

Secession is Making Some Politicians Mad

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Revisiting Nullification and Secession

Revisiting Nullification and Secession

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Biden's Foreign War Defense

Biden's Foreign War Defense

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a year ago
An Oregon Judge Gets it Right!

An Oregon Judge Gets it Right!

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a year ago
Remembering John Taylor of Caroline

Remembering John Taylor of Caroline

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MAGA and the Confederacy?

MAGA and the Confederacy?

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Secession: A Solution or Surrender

Secession: A Solution or Surrender

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a year ago
A Really Bad History of Secession

A Really Bad History of Secession

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The Appointment Speech

The Appointment Speech

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Another Constitution History Fail

Another Constitution History Fail

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The Problem of (Re) Elected Presidents

The Problem of (Re) Elected Presidents

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Did Barack Obama Predict the End of America?

Did Barack Obama Predict the End of America?

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Commies and the Killing Fields

Commies and the Killing Fields

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Are Elected Sheriffs a Threat to Democracy?

Are Elected Sheriffs a Threat to Democracy?

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Lincoln's Soldiers Fighting for a Paycheck

Lincoln's Soldiers Fighting for a Paycheck

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George Will Has Spoken. So What?

George Will Has Spoken. So What?

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America's First Action Hero: George Washington

America's First Action Hero: George Washington

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Was the Constitution's Goal to Limit Populist Power?

Was the Constitution's Goal to Limit Populist Power?

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Trump Ending Birthright Citizenship?

Trump Ending Birthright Citizenship?

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Dishonest Activist Historians are Dangerous

Dishonest Activist Historians are Dangerous

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The Supreme Court Gets it Wrong...Again and Again

The Supreme Court Gets it Wrong...Again and Again

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Birds are Racist

Birds are Racist

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a year ago
Imagine a United States Without California

Imagine a United States Without California

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6 months ago
A Stupid Article About Nullificaiton

A Stupid Article About Nullificaiton

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8 months ago
Secession For Thee But Not For Me

Secession For Thee But Not For Me

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2 months ago
This is the Most "Normal" State in America?

This is the Most "Normal" State in America?

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2 months ago
Time to Topple the 14th Amendment?

Time to Topple the 14th Amendment?

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Forgotten Founders

Forgotten Founders

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Why Do We Have the Electoral College?

Why Do We Have the Electoral College?

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6 months ago
Mark Levin Flip-Flops on Article V

Mark Levin Flip-Flops on Article V

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10 months ago
Is Modern Secession "Dangerous"?

Is Modern Secession "Dangerous"?

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6 months ago
Is Donald Trump Channeling Pat Buchanan?

Is Donald Trump Channeling Pat Buchanan?

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8 months ago
A Dictator in the White House?

A Dictator in the White House?

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a year ago
Immigration and "American" Culture

Immigration and "American" Culture

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9 months ago
War Mongers are Going to War Monger

War Mongers are Going to War Monger

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5 months ago
Why Has the College Degree Lost Its Value?

Why Has the College Degree Lost Its Value?

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a year ago
A Third Reconstruction?

A Third Reconstruction?

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Do the History Wars Matter?

Do the History Wars Matter?

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Biden Discovers the Anti-Federalists

Biden Discovers the Anti-Federalists

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William H. Taft and the Vanilla Republican

William H. Taft and the Vanilla Republican

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A Victory for Texas!

A Victory for Texas!

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a year ago
The Washington Post Oddly Endorsed Donald Trump

The Washington Post Oddly Endorsed Donald Trump

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TEXIT--Making America Great Again

TEXIT--Making America Great Again

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4 months ago
Vance v. Walz

Vance v. Walz

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Has the Republican Party Been Hollowed Out?

Has the Republican Party Been Hollowed Out?

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The American "Illiberal" Tradition?

The American "Illiberal" Tradition?

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a year ago
Can Article V Save America?

Can Article V Save America?

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a year ago
Jimmy Carter, Conservative?

Jimmy Carter, Conservative?

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3 months ago
The Antis Were Right About Elections

The Antis Were Right About Elections

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8 months ago
The 14th Amendment x 2=Joe Biden

The 14th Amendment x 2=Joe Biden

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Should SCOTUS Justices Be Impeached?

Should SCOTUS Justices Be Impeached?

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When Lincoln Clouds Your "History of Secession"

When Lincoln Clouds Your "History of Secession"

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The Coming Representation Nightmare

The Coming Representation Nightmare

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a year ago
Should We Defend the Neocon--Straussians?

Should We Defend the Neocon--Straussians?

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Debt Danger Ahead

Debt Danger Ahead

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a year ago
Krugmans' Funny Farewell

Krugmans' Funny Farewell

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How "Democracy" Lost Its Meaning

How "Democracy" Lost Its Meaning

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Donald Trump v. Grover Cleveland

Donald Trump v. Grover Cleveland

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When is Bureaucracy Democracy?

When is Bureaucracy Democracy?

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A Secret Hamiltonian in the White House?

A Secret Hamiltonian in the White House?

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Joe Biden's Anti-Federalist Hunter Pardon

Joe Biden's Anti-Federalist Hunter Pardon

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The New Affirmative Action

The New Affirmative Action

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Biden's FDR Legacy?

Biden's FDR Legacy?

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The Democrats as a "Pitiless Machine"?

The Democrats as a "Pitiless Machine"?

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Jeff Bezos Wants to "Save Journalism", Sorta

Jeff Bezos Wants to "Save Journalism", Sorta

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Woke West Point

Woke West Point

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Why is National Review Helping Democrats?

Why is National Review Helping Democrats?

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MHBGA is Thinking Locally and Acting Locally

MHBGA is Thinking Locally and Acting Locally

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What if Congress Picked the Next President?

What if Congress Picked the Next President?

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Thinking Locally and Acting Locally in 2025

Thinking Locally and Acting Locally in 2025

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The 1776 Garden of Heroes

The 1776 Garden of Heroes

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Trump's Cabinet Picks--Making America Great Again

Trump's Cabinet Picks--Making America Great Again

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4 months ago
Was Joe Biden the Better Candidate?

Was Joe Biden the Better Candidate?

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550
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5 months ago
An Affront to State Sovereignty?

An Affront to State Sovereignty?

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a year ago
How to Reform the Supreme Court?

How to Reform the Supreme Court?

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6 days ago
David French Doesn't Know the Constitution

David French Doesn't Know the Constitution

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9 months ago
What Can DOGE Do?

What Can DOGE Do?

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4 months ago
Another Odd Endorsement of Donald Trump

Another Odd Endorsement of Donald Trump

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a year ago
Should We Torch the Constitution?

Should We Torch the Constitution?

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6 months ago
Bad Nullification History

Bad Nullification History

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8 months ago
2024 Election Prediction

2024 Election Prediction

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The New York Times Endorses Donald Trump...Sorta

The New York Times Endorses Donald Trump...Sorta

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a year ago
SCOTUS and the "Culture War"

SCOTUS and the "Culture War"

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6 months ago
Where Would We Be Without "Meaningful Government"?

Where Would We Be Without "Meaningful Government"?

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a month ago
Is Biden the Pardon Master?

Is Biden the Pardon Master?

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4 months ago
What's at Stake in the Trump Immunity Case?

What's at Stake in the Trump Immunity Case?

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a year ago
The Left Discovers Executive Restraint

The Left Discovers Executive Restraint

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4 months ago
Is it 1854 or 2024?

Is it 1854 or 2024?

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J.D. Vance and the "Proposition Nation"

J.D. Vance and the "Proposition Nation"

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Trump's Wrecking Ball

Trump's Wrecking Ball

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a month ago
The Convicted Felon and the Presidency

The Convicted Felon and the Presidency

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10 months ago
Texit and Trump: Making America Great Again

Texit and Trump: Making America Great Again

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5 months ago
Did Trump Destroy the Constitution?

Did Trump Destroy the Constitution?

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a month ago
In the Name of "Democracy"

In the Name of "Democracy"

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7 months ago
Lincoln's "Woke" Terrorists

Lincoln's "Woke" Terrorists

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Democrats Still Don't Understand Why They Lost

Democrats Still Don't Understand Why They Lost

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Lincoln and the Declaration

Lincoln and the Declaration

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The Great MAGA Schism?

The Great MAGA Schism?

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Is the Constitution a Threat to American Politics?

Is the Constitution a Threat to American Politics?

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Secession is Becoming Popular

Secession is Becoming Popular

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Does Leftism Create Mental Illness?

Does Leftism Create Mental Illness?

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The WaPo Gaslights on Democracy

The WaPo Gaslights on Democracy

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The Supreme Court Has Always Been Political

The Supreme Court Has Always Been Political

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Was Jimmy Carter a Great President?

Was Jimmy Carter a Great President?

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Will Trump Destroy Our "Radical Democracy"?

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