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00:31:08

Basic Political Philosophy 2: ARISTOTLE according to...

The Republican Professor ·

2025/11/18

We continue our discussion of pp. 68 thru 72 of an entry published the year before the author wrote one of the most infamous (or famous, depending) Aristotelean speeches for 1964 presidential candidate Barry Goldwater (R, AZ), published as it was in 1963 by Rand McNally, edited by Leonard Strauss and Joseph Cropsey, in a volume called "History of Political Philosophy." That entry on Aristotle is by Harry V. Jaffa, who famously applied his understanding of Political Philosophy to the history of the

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01:02:21

Natural Law and the New Right v. The Constitution...

The Republican Professor ·

2025/11/13

Part 2: The Natural Law provides a key to resolving a Republican debate in the 1980s on the normative judicial power, Judicial Activism v. Judicial Restraint. We did the Foreward by Richard A. Epstein last time (15 Oct 2025) and this time we continue with the Preface and Chapter 1. Stephen Macedo published "The New Right v. The Constitution" with The CATO Institute in 1986. We're going to make a fair use and do a transformative reading of the book. CATO offers a free download of the book here:

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01:16:19

The Bostock Dissents -- Bostock v. Clayton County...

The Republican Professor ·

2025/11/12

Why Gorsuch is wrong in Bostock v. Clayton County Georgia (2020)(part 8 in a series) about his faulty assumption that unexamined and unexplained transgenderism premises about sex and gender are properly included under "sex discrimination" language in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act --This is a real hoot. Part 8: We continue our in-depth examination of sex, gender, and separation of powers in the US Supreme Court decision Bostock v. Clayton County, GA 590 U.S. 644 (2020): the Republican

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00:51:14

Ideologies as Idolatry

The Republican Professor ·

2025/11/11

We're continuing from 15 Nov 2024, discussing the next subsection of Chapter 4 (The Pragmatism and Idolatry of the Ideologies), called "Ideologies as Idolatry" based on the insights from a master observer of both types of totalitarian socialisms on the Left, national socialism -- sometimes called fascism -- and the kind of socialism that the Communists in East Germany and Russia had during the 1900s, during the life of Dr. Thielicke. (USSR meant Union of Soviet Socialist Republics). We go from pp

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01:26:10

Letting Go of the Fear That Controlled Me: Lisa...

The Republican Professor ·

2025/11/06

Lisa Ekman (MSW, DU & JD, Georgetown Law School) spent her career in D.C. working in the policy space around disability services advocacy, working for at one point US Senator Ted Kennedy. And then one day, she , in her words, she began to experience an awakening while experiencing what she calls a dark night of the soul. In 2020, she retired, bought a farm in Virginia, bought a gun (or more), experienced a relationship with God the Creator, and decided to write a book about her journey of

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01:08:18

Dr. Michael M. Uhlmann, LL.B., Ph.D., on "Judicial...

The Republican Professor ·

2025/11/05

Michael M. Uhlmann, LL.B., Ph.D. was my mentor in Constitutional Law for over a decade and convinced me not to go to law school but instead to study public law as a Ph.D. student, which I did. Here, we do an excursus on the Chevron Deference Deep Dive series on The Republican Professor podcast. We have Uhlmann on a book by Peter Wallison called "Judicial Fortitude: The Last Chance to Reign in the Administrative State." It's about Republicans calling for a revival of the non-delegation doctrine

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00:33:34

A Comparison: 1964 Civil Rights Act: What so-called...

The Republican Professor ·

2025/11/02

This is a continuation of a transformative reading and fair use of Chris Caldwell's "The Age of Entitlement" published by Simon and Schuster in 2020. We continue chapter 2, Race, today, the sections "What did whites think they were getting" and "What did blacks think they were getting." We'd like to thank Chris Caldwell for writing it, Simon and Schuster for making it available, and encourage you to purchase your own physical copy of the book so that you can follow along. Please support brick and

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01:07:25

Takings Prima Facie: the Private Law Analogy in...

The Republican Professor ·

2025/10/31

This is Part 7 in a series noting that 2025 is the 40th Anniversary of Harvard University Press' 1985 publication of Richard A. Epstein's "Takings: Private Property and the Power of Eminent Domain."We continue our celebration of this anniversary with a fair use and transformative reading, continuing and now beginning chapter 4 in a new section which Richard calls ""Takings Prima Facia," which makes the analogy between private law takings in the common law harm tradition and the public law takings

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01:02:30

Halloween Week: Leo the 13th Scaring Socialists in...

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2025/10/28

Part 6: We continue our timely coverage of Pope Leo XIII 's Rerum Novarum numbers 27 through the end of 31 in his continued condemnation of Socialism and collectivism against the individual rights of employers, workers and families in 1891, when Socialism was increasingly popular in intellectual circles, setting the stage for the statisms of the 1900s. This episode includes a reading from Psalm 6 and Streams in the Desert (1925 non-woke 1st edition, Cowman Publications Los Feliz Station Lost

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01:45:45

Women Republicans on 9th Circuit: California's...

The Republican Professor ·

2025/10/26

This episode covers the 24 July 2025 US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Rhode v. Bonta available here : https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2025/07/24/24-542.pdfThe issue is being litigated En Banc but the decision here is the right answer and so deserves careful study for voters. Note carefully, the judges with the right answer here are women appointed by George W. Bush, Jr and Donald J. Trump. The Republican Professor is a

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00:59:00

Charlie Kirk's Republican Influence on the Young with...

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2025/10/23

I've known 24 year old (counting from birth, not conception) Micah Kunkle from Holy Smokes in Orange County for several years. He's married, works full-time, and serves as a high school debate coach in California. He's also participated in over a half a dozen or so very well publicized Jubilee (YouTube) debates with millions of views. You can follow Micah Kunkle on the following : YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQuAqSZcXY0QpcmRmzXYg3Q Instagram:

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00:54:56

The Bostock Dissents -- Bostock v. Clayton County...

The Republican Professor ·

2025/10/23

Why Gorsuch is wrong in Bostock v. Clayton County Georgia (2020)(part 7 in a series) about his faulty assumption that unexamined and unexplained transgenderism premises about sex and gender are properly included under "sex discrimination" language in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act -- this is a real hoot. Part 7: We continue our in-depth examination of sex, gender, and separation of powers in the US Supreme Court decision Bostock v. Clayton County, GA 590 U.S. 644 (2020): the Republican

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01:31:59

Basic Political Philosophy : ARISTOTLE according to...

The Republican Professor ·

2025/10/17

We begin discussion of an entry in the 1963 Rand McNally publication, edited by Leonard Strauss and Joseph Cropsey, called "History of Political Philosophy." That entry on Aristotle is by Harry V. Jaffa, who famously applied his understanding of Political Philosophy to the history of the Republican Party in American politics, and who, as such, influenced me profoundly through my mentors, who were mentored by him. He is thus one of my intellectual grandfathers. This episode includes a reading from

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01:00:59

Natural Law and the New Right v. The Constitution in...

The Republican Professor ·

2025/10/15

The Natural Law provides a key to resolving a Republican debate in the 1980s on the normative judicial power, Judicial Activism v. Judicial Restraint. Stephen Macedo published "The New Right v. The Constitution" with The CATO Institute in 1986. We're going to make a fair use and do a transformative reading of the book. CATO offers a free download of the book here: https://www.cato.org/books/new-right-v-constitution We'd like to thank Stephen Macedo for writing the book and to thank CATO for

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00:50:28

Higher Education is a Democrat Indoctrination Grade...

The Republican Professor ·

2025/10/14

I introduce TRP backstory in this episode by beginning a fair use and a transformative reading of a book I encountered in high screwel at Chatfield High Screwel in Jefferson County, Littleton, Colorado in 1991. I wrote an article about it in my high screwel newspaper, the Chatfield Charter. This is a first in a series of TRP backstory episodes on The Republican Professor podcast. I believe I originally used my paper route money to buy the book myself at Summit Ministries in Summer 1991 in

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01:43:10

The Largest Christian Gospel Presentation in History:...

The Republican Professor ·

2025/10/12

Matthew Kirby returns to TRP Podcast to describe what the Charlie Kirk memorial was like in Glendale, Arizona on Sunday 21 Sept 2025. He drove from San Diego to Glendale in time for a 3 am Denny's the morning of, and slept in his car in order to attend the funeral of a man he never met or even followed that closely on social media. And tens of thousands of people did likewise. Matthew came on the podcast in Spring 2022 to talk about Christianity and Gun Control. He's a Marine Corps Iraq and

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01:12:50

Racial Discrimination versus Freedom of Association...

The Republican Professor ·

2025/10/10

This episode includes a reading from Psalm 27 (KJV) and the 1925 1st edition of "Streams in the Desert", January 11th. The episode culminates in our regular programming which is a continuation of a transformative reading and fair use of Chris Caldwell's "The Age of Entitlement" published by Simon and Schuster in 2020. We begin chapter 2, Race, today. We'd like to thank Chris Caldwell for writing it, Simon and Schuster for making it available, and encourage you to purchase your own physical copy of

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01:14:44

2A Update: Federal Appeals Court: Firearm Waiting...

The Republican Professor ·

2025/10/08

"[T]he waiting period is just an artificial delay on possession" (p. 20), "a standardless, temporary disarmament measure" (p.21) according to the Republican federal appeals court judges on the 10th Circuit, appointed by Trump and Bush. This is part 2 of a multi-part series following the injunctive relief individuals got on 19 August 2025, when the US 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the Democrat Legislature in New Mexico on the 7-day "cooling off period" wait for firearms. And the 3 judge

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00:52:34

Pope Leo on Rejecting Socialism in Rerum Novarum...

The Republican Professor ·

2025/10/07

Part 5: We continue our timely coverage of Pope Leo XIII 's Rerum Novarum numbers 20 thru the end of 26 in his continued condemnation of Socialism and collectivism against the individual rights of employers, workers and families in 1891, when Socialism was increasingly popular in intellectual circles, setting the stage for the statisms of the 1900s. This episode includes a reading from Psalm 91 and Streams in the Desert (1925 non-woke 1st edition, Cowman Publications Los Feliz Station Lost Angeles,

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01:45:26

In Memory Of My Dad Mark Mather of Littleton,...

The Republican Professor ·

2025/09/24

This episode of TRP Podcast is dedicated to my dad Mark Mather of Littleton, Colorado, who died 24 Sept 2008 while I was on my way to teach Political and Social Philosophy (Phil M03) at Moorpark College in California. The time stamps for my dad are at 43:35 and following. The rest is about why Gorsuch is wrong in Bostock v. Clayton County Georgia (2020)(part 6 in a series) about his faulty assumption that unexamined and unexplained transgenderism premises about sex and gender are properly

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