The Brion McClanahan Show Podcast

Senate Democrats are going to vote on making Washington D.C. the 51st State. House Dems already have. Well, sort of. They actually know this would be illegal, so as a work around they’re going to carve out a small portion of the city to leave as the federal capitol and take the rest to make the “Washington Douglass Commonwealth.” This is a pipe dream for …more

When I was in graduate school in the 1990s, one of my professors assigned Eugene Genovese’s The Slaveholders’ Dilemma as part of our reading seminar on American history. This was Genovese’s first book in nearly a decade, and it marked a transition in his worldview. Genovese rose to prominence in the American historical profession in the late 1960s with the publication of The Political Economy …more

In 1960, the great Southern political philosopher Richard Weaver penned an essay titled “Conservatism and Libertarianism: The Common Ground.” Most people considered Weaver to be a “conservative,” and he accepted the term, but he also thought American conservatives and libertarians had much in common and should work together for a common goal: liberty. The current internal warfare in both conservative and libertarian camps makes this …more

I try to get to listener questions when possible, and this past week you, my loyal listeners, gave me a couple of juicy softballs. I had to hit them out of the park. The first wondered, “What if the Anti-Federalists won and the Constitution failed ratification?” What would America look like. The second listener was confused about the use of the word “nation” among so …more

In a social media post last week, Congressman Mondaire Jones called court packing “infrastructure.” You can’t make up this kinds of stupid, but the left certainly tries. This is part of a dedicated campaign to redefine virtually every element of American society. If you erase the names and historical understanding of words, places, events, etc., you control the narrative. This is Orwellian in its purest …more

A State Senator from Alabama wrote a very good bill. Senator Gerald Allen presented a bill to protect Alabama gun rights. It passed by a crushing majority but not without some Democrat opposition. You see, “green people” are being killed by “assault weapons.” Aliens. Or maybe this Democrat was talking about the Mobile Leprechaun. Either way, this shows how stupid the opposition can be most …more

A bill before the South Carolina legislature would make teaching America’s “founding documents” a requirement at public colleges and universities. This sounds like a great idea on the surface. After all, the progressive left continually works around the Constitution in order to advance their agenda. The problem is, so does the neoconservative right. And who would be teaching these “founding documents” which include the Federalist …more

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram doesn’t like the idea of Texas secession. At least Bud Kennedy at the FWST doesn’t like the idea of Texas secession. Why? Because Bud thinks secession is illegal and led by “bubbas.” In a piece titled “Remember the Alamo!– but forget secession,” Bud the legal scholar/historian lets his readers know that Texas can’t leave the Union. This after titling his piece …more

Corporations have gone to war against Georgia. Worse, corporations have gone to war against America. This was easily predicted. Most Americans have developed a mental false dichotomy regarding politics and corporations. One one side are the pro-corporate Republicans hell bent on ensuring their big business buddies get as many kick backs as possible. On the other side are Democrats fighting “for the people” against big …more

COVID-19 has changed American life. Studies suggest that many Americans will permanently alter the way they work. Commercial real estate, particularly office space, has taken a nosedive in the last year. This is also happening to education at all levels. Parents are questioning if they want to send their kids back to school, some because they are worried about public health, but others because they …more