Conservative Historian
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History is too important to be left to the left. The Conservative Historian provides history governed by conservative principles. It is comprehensively researched but also entertainingly presented in a way accessible to history or non history buffs.
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Jul 8, 2021 • 30min
They Blinded Me With Science
Send us a textWho are the science deniers? We look at the use of science to justify public policy and hear from Aristotle, Galileo, Isaac Newton, and the great 80s pop artist Thomas Dolby.
Jul 3, 2021 • 49min
A Brief History of Taxation
Send us a textWe go from the banks of the Nile to the Ancient Chinese Empires to Medieval Barons and restive British colonists to explore that challenging dynamic of taxation. We also look at our modern US tax situation and ask whether it is good to a be millionaire in California.
Jun 26, 2021 • 49min
The Hollywood Dilemma
Send us a textWe discuss the challenges that woke and Critical Race Theory ideology create in the movie industry today, particularly in the making of historical movies.
Jun 21, 2021 • 26min
Top Ten Historical Movies that Should Be Made
Send us a textHollywood has made movies about Cleopatra, Sir Thomas More and innumerable ones about World War II. This is a list of movies that should be made.
Jun 16, 2021 • 24min
Who's in Charge? A History of Figurehead Rulers
Send us a textWe go from Medieval France to Medieval Japan to 20th Century Germany and back to Tudor England on a tour of figureheads throughout history. Clovis, Kammu and Hindenburg all make an appearance. So does a 78 year old American President.
Jun 6, 2021 • 21min
What is Conservative History
Send us a textOn my Twitter feed I am often castigated for essentially doing what the left does with history: cherry picking a fact, and spinning a conservative narrative. That is not conservative history so here I attempt to define it by citing everyone from Herodotus to the Mongols to Barack Obama.
Jun 1, 2021 • 33min
The Purpose of a Military
Send us a textA military exists for two primary reasons: to deter and if necessary, destroy foreign aggression towards the citizenry. Yet in 2021 our military is asked to be diverse, to help with equity and even to (somehow) combat climate change. We take a look at militaries throughout histories, the successful and not so successful and bring these lessons to our times.
May 27, 2021 • 52min
Two States: A Brief History of the Jews and Israel - Part II
Send us a textWe outline the Arab/Islamic conquests of the Middle East to 1948. From there we view the history of Israel to the modern day and explain our support for the Jewish nation.
May 23, 2021 • 28min
To Your Offspring I will Give this Land: A Brief History of the Jews and Israel - Part I
Send us a textThe Israeli Palestinian conflict is in the news - again. We go back over 4,000 years to the beginning of the Jewish nation and walk through their history up to 1948. This Part I of a history of the Jews and Israel. In Part II we go form 1948 until the present day.
May 15, 2021 • 40min
5 Good Historical TV Shows and Their Sort of Evil Twin
Send us a textIn some ways TV can do history better than theatrical releases because they simply have more time. But even more than movies, they often take artistic license with the narrative. We look at 10 total TV shows and mini-series based in history and discuss where some get it right, and where they go it so woefully wrong.
