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May 19, 2025

MM#410--Behind Closed Doors: How the 2024 Election Was Lost and Won

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message The wildest presidential campaign in modern American history deserves analysis that's as gripping as the events themselves. Today we're diving into two books that attempt to make sense of the chaos: "Fight" by Jonathan Allen and Amy Parnes, and "Uncharted" by Chris Whipple. From Biden's disastrous CNN debate where he appeared "ghostly white" and froze mid-sentence before 51 million view…

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May 15, 2025

MM#409--Echoes of Victory: What VE Day Still Teaches Us 80 Years Later

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message What can the pivotal moments of World War II teach us about our rapidly changing world today? Drawing from Victor Davis Hanson's masterful work "The Second World Wars," we explore how three unexpected events in 1941 transformed separate regional conflicts into a global catastrophe—and why similar world-altering shifts might be happening right now. As we recently marked the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, …

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April 9, 2025

MM#402--The Day America Changed: Appomattox 160 Years Later

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message April 9th marks 160 years since the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse – the moment that effectively ended America's bloodiest conflict. This anniversary offers a ...

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March 27, 2025

MM#399--Getting American History Right: Why Howard Zinn's People's History Gets It Wrong

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message The battle for America's historical narrative has never been more consequential. When Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States" claims that "Lincoln ...

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Nov. 23, 2023

MM#285--Happy Thanksgiving & Catholic Contributions

Did you know the first actual Thanksgiving took place in St Augustine, Florida in 1565, not the widely believed Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1621? Brace yourself for a riveting journey through history as we peel back layers of ...

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Nov. 9, 2023

MM#281--Welcome To Ohiofornia

Prepare for a gut-punching exploration into Ohio's radical political pivot as we dissect the newly amended Ohio Bill of Rights - a drastic departure from their traditionally moderate position. Today, we'll journey through thi...

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Nov. 7, 2023

MM#280--The Shaping of America, The Big Sort & The Golden Rule

Picture the United States as a vast jigsaw puzzle, filled with pieces that have been moving and morphing since its inception. Now, imagine that puzzle shaken up, the pieces sorted by design, color, and shape, segregating into...

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Nov. 2, 2023

MM#279--Ohio Issue 1 - Two Appeals (the most important to men) and an Analogy From History

Taking a stand against the tide of popular opinion, we delve into the concept of a 'culture of death' and advocate for an understanding of this world through Saint John Paul II's teachings. We robustly dissect the contentious...

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Sept. 18, 2023

LM#37---American Foreign Policy, Part 3

American Foreign Policy, Book 3 and Part 3 Are you ready to be profoundly shaken? Brace yourself as we rip open the concealed layers of the harrowing Abbey Gate incident in Kabul, Afghanistan in August 2021 with our guides, t...

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Sept. 14, 2023

MM#268--The American Foreign Policy Trilogy, part 2

Ready for a deep dive into the labyrinth of American foreign policy? Brace yourself as we unravel the complex tapestry of historical events and long-term effects of the Russo-Ukrainian War. We put the spotlight on Sergei Polk...

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Sept. 12, 2023

MM#267--American Foreign Policy Trilogy--part 1

Have you ever wondered just how the United States transformed from a weak power to a hyperpower in the international arena? Today, we honor the victims of the attacks on New York and Washington DC on 9/11 and those who have f...

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July 30, 2023

LM#34--On Desperate Ground--The Forgotten War of the Korean Conflict & It's 70th Year Anniversary

Prepare to embark on a remarkable journey back in time as we explore the oft-overlooked Korean War. Drawing from Hampton Sides' engrossing narrative "On Desperate Ground, the Epic Story of the Chosin Reservoir & the Korean Wa...

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July 20, 2023

MM#254--Broken Arrow 2--The Damascus Incident

Get ready to step into the world of the largest and most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile ever built by the United States: the Titan II. We promise you an enthralling journey, taking you into the depths of the resp...

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July 18, 2023

MM#253--Broken Arrow 1--The Quebec Incident

Did you know that a Boeing B-50 Superfortress once discarded an atomic bomb over the St. Lawrence River? Strap in for an enlightening discussion that questions the adequacy of our governing bodies, stresses the importance of ...

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May 18, 2023

MM#234--Remember

Today we chat about the greatest WW2 historical documentary ever produced, The World At War and why we--the living--should never forget and always REMEMBER! Key Points from the Episode: The massacre of Oradour-sur-Glane The 2...

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April 27, 2023

MM#227--What Hath God Wrought?

Todays show, we will look back at a fascinating epoch in our US history and specifically at the election of 1844 with the help of the great David Walker Howe and his excellent tome, What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation o...

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April 22, 2023

LM#29--Worst. President. Ever! Sound familiar?!...

In todays Liberty Minute 🗽, we will look back at the Worst. President. Ever! We will do so with our guide and author, Robert Strauss and his work Worst. President. Ever! on our 15th President of the United States, James B...

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April 13, 2023

MM#223--To Study History Is To Study Ourselves

Let's continue our walk through history and make a stop in the year 800 on Christmas Day in this MM! Our guide will be Tom Holland and his book Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World and what was the flood-ti...

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March 23, 2023

MM#217--A Nefarious Plot & Movie, The End of America and How To Win Forever

In last weeks MM on the C.S. Lewis classic, The Screwtape Letters, we discussed a newer and updated version of this genre of books and a popular book written by Steve Deace titled A Nefarious Plot which inspired an new and up...

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Nov. 10, 2022

MM#178--Render Onto Caesar

No matter the election results from this week, todays MM reminds us of the most important things to human flourishing which is the right order of priorities. The Didache Bible from Ignatius Press helps us along the path. Key ...

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Oct. 23, 2022

LM#16--Paideia + The Virtuous Free Society = Human Flourishing

Today's Liberty Minute 🗽 is a celebration 🥳👏🎊 of sorts!! A celebration of Saint John Paul II and his life and extraordinary teachings, most especially because today is his feast day, October 22! Also, in this episode we will ...

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Oct. 2, 2022

LM#13--America's Rubicon

In this Liberty Minute 🗽, we explore the question--has America passed it's so called "Rubicon moment?" Historians and political commentators increasingly are asking this question, so we thought we would some research with t...

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Aug. 23, 2022

MM#155--The Massachusetts Miracle

To celebrate the release of the Hillsdale Supply-Side FREE economics course and to keep our theme going from our Liberty Minute over the weekend, lets talk some economic wisdom today! You might ask, what is Supply-Side econom...

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July 5, 2022

MM#141--American Dunkirk

What a truly fascinating and inspiring story, Patrick K O'Donnell shares with us in his heart-warming and extremely patroitic book on the heroics of the Massachusetts regiment from Marblehead. The Indispensables: The Divers...

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