Brion McClanahan

Restoring the Old Order: Who Owns America?

In graduate school, I was assigned by the resident “New South” historian I’ll Take My Stand by Twelve Southerners as my final paper. I eagerly accepted the project. This was in my back-yard, so...

How to Read the Constitution

The Founding Fathers Guide to the Constitution, Brion McClanahan, Regnery, 262 pages

Forgotten Conservatives in American History: Featured Book

In Forgotten Conservatives in American History Brion McClanahan and Clyde Wilson trace conservatism from the country's beginnings, and discuss central conservative principles of sound money, light taxes, low debt, states' rights, and decentralization.  Grover Cleveland, the last conservative...

Forgotten Conservatives in American History

Several times in his dense treatises, John Taylor of Caroline, the systematic philosopher of Jeffersonian democracy, warned that political terms are treacherous and their exact meaning must be examined with care. Because, words are themselves...

New Book: Forgotten Conservatives in American History

I am looking forward to reviewing this promising new book, Forgotten Conservatives in American History, by Brion McClanahan and Clyde N. Wilson. For now a teaser from the publisher is...