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Author: Bel Aves

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History is too important to be left to the left. The Conservative Historian provides content and opinions on conservative thinking through the prism of history. 

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 We look at the incomparable Louis XI of France to see what an energetic, focused, comprehensive foreign policy looks like.  
We have been hit by a wave of protests in the past few years.  Some vandalize works of art and others block key roadways.  We look at the history of some protests, and ask, what is the price of Free Speech.  
A look at American History through the 14 most crucial moments from 1763 - 1859.  We focus on Independence, the Constitution and the formidable Andrew Jackson.
We look at Civil Wars in Ancient Rome, modern Russia, China, and Spain and briefly at our own Civil War. We also address the question: is a 2nd American Civil War in the offing?  
Ghosts of World War I

Ghosts of World War I

2024-03-2828:27

World War I caused the deaths 20 Million including 9.7 military fatalities involved in a war that could have been avoided, and one that changed civilization forever.    
Have you noticed a certain childishness on the part of our leaders, and many fellow Americans?  Explore this trend and look for its causes.  
We compare the book and movie Dune with a certain 7th century historical figure who uniquely founded a great religion and a world empire.  
Party Crashings

Party Crashings

2024-03-0729:05

We explore the shifts in the party system from the early Republic to the Progressive Era and ask: Are we seeing a significant party shift in real time?  
The latest academic ranking of presidents is out.  I discuss the bias inherent in these rankings and propose a better way to look at our presidents. 
Jeff Mayhugh of the Politics and Parenting Podcast joins to discuss some of his key historical influencers including Truman, Madison and Lincoln.  We also discuss some contemporary politics through the prism of history.  
My brother CL and I discuss movies from 2023 including the Oscar nominees.  We go from Barbie to Oppenheimer, from Napoleon to The Holdovers with many movie stops along the way.  
We explore necessary government institutions such as the Army, the FBI and the IRS to see the challenges they face today, and possible fixes.  
I spent nearly 2 years with the AMA, an organization that should be vital to medicine but is too focused on leftist issues.  
We explore the influence of 1960s radicals, federal student loans and the administrative bloat on the academy. We then provide seven ways to fix what ails our university system. 
We begin this four part series with a look at the rot of the academy through the prism of the Claudine Gay scandal.  
We provide a history of Taiwan, the Chinese Civil War, and the the state of the island today.  
We go to ancient Japan, Star Trek and our two current presidential leads for 2024 to explore the concept of form without substance.  
The Dates of Christmas

The Dates of Christmas

2023-12-2412:35

In this episode we explore the date of Jesus' birth and what keeping Christmas means.  
We take a look through early VP's and then breakdown why Trump chose Pence, and will not be choosing Haley as his 2024 running mate.
We look at movies ranging from Lincoln to Elizabeth to Napoleon to find out why so many historical movie biographies are not historically accurate. 
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