The Brion McClanahan Show Podcast

Neocons can’t seem to understand the real purpose of the Declaration of Independence. It was quite simply a secession document. Not to them. Those who worship at the feet of “conservative” Harry Jaffa seem to think the Declaration was all about the first sentence of the second paragraph: “We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal…” Sounds a lot …more

Nikole Hannah-Jones and other 1619 acolytes have been consistently pushing the idea that the Constitution was a “pro-slavery” document. This comports to 19th century abolitionist rhetoric led by William Lloyd Garrison. To Garrison and his followers, the Constitution was not only a pro-slavery document, it was a pact with the devil. You know who didn’t believe this? About 99% of the American public. The 1619 …more

Last week, the University of North Carolina Board of Trustees caved and voted to give journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure. She then said thanks but no thanks and bolted for Howard University. That’s unfortunate, because both the UNC School of Journalism and the academy deserve her. Granted, Hannah-Jones wasn’t qualified for the position. She was also given a non-tenure track contract, meaning she would not get …more

In 2017, I published How Alexander Hamilton Screwed Up America, a book designed to challenge the conventional (both on the left and the right) wisdom about the now hip Hamilton. You see, to leftists, Hamilton had become a fad, a founder with a man bun who liked to rap and personified their vision of America. To those on the right, Hamilton had always been the …more

Michael Lind has been drumming the same tune for nearly thirty years: American political problems can only be solved by “liberal nationalism.” Lind is widely regarded as a “conservative,” and publications like Chronicles have reviewed his work, the latest being an attack on the “managerial elite” in his 2020 book The New Class War. Lind is a good writer–he was a senior editor for The …more

Lincolnian nationalists have started to see the light, but they still don’t really understand their new perspective. A senior fellow at the Claremont Institute thinks some type of “radical decentralization” might be the only path forward for the United States. This would involve not just federalism, but decentralization to the city and county level. I have to ask, is this really radical or just the …more

Woke generals are nothing new. During the War for Southern Independence and Reconstruction, woke Northern generals operating as Republican Party partisans set out to remake America. And they let Southerners know about it. In one of the most hilarious recorded episodes, a woke German immigrant general attempted to instruct former Confederate General Richard Taylor on what it meant to be an American. Taylor smiled, thanked …more

Now that HR 1 failed to make it through the Congress, the left has dusted off their old playbook: take “voting rights” violations to the courts. You see, the supposed defenders of “democracy” can’t ever get much of their agenda done democratically, so they rely on the federal court system to ram it down the throats of the American public. In fact, when the left’s …more

Joe Biden is a gaffe machine. Back in May 2020 when he was still candidate Biden, Coma Joe argued that you couldn’t buy a cannon. Even the sympathetic media ripped him apart. No matter. Biden’s mental incompetence allowed him to double down on the stupid claim last week, all while suggesting that in order to resist the government you need F-15s and nuclear missiles. It …more

United States Senator Ron Johnson told a Wisconsin audience over the weekend that Republicans need to ditch federal office and take over State and local governments. Who else has been saying this for years now? It seems “conservatives” are finally understanding the real game that needs to be played. Forget the center and focus on where the rubber hits the road. All politics are, in …more