This is part 9 in the series. (Part 8 was the episode on 14 May 2026). We're beginning our discussion of the chapter called "War." Chapter 4. We discuss sub-chapters starting at p. 74 of chapter 4, hitting the following: "The Vietnam War generation and class" and "the counterculture." We stop at the top of p. 82. This is a continuation of a transformative reading and fair use of Chris Caldwell's "The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties" published by Simon and Schuster in 2020. 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 mortar book dealers, you local book dealers. I'd like to thank my former political philosophy student Matt Stone (Phil M03: Social and Political Philosophy at Moorpark College, Spring 2008) for purchasing my copy of the book for me and supporting TRP podcast. Let's foster a culture that values good authors and good books, physical books, and honors and rewards publishers for making those books available for us to read and to think about. Please support this author and this publisher. Also, support your local brick and mortar book dealer, dealers in physical books. This episode was filmed Thursday 13 August 2026 years after Jesus in the backyard of my long-time (nearly a quarter of a century) Epistemology mentor Dr. Doug Geivett (PhD, USC under Dallas Willard), a student himself of the famous late-great Republican professor, the late-great Dallas Willard of USC's Philosophy Department. The Republican Professor is a pro-political-phenomeonology-done-right podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Part 4 of 5, this one focused on as-applied versus facial challenge of the penal code in California. The Ninth Circuit defends open carry in California, Part 4 of 5 (Part 4 was 17 April 2026, Part 2 was 19 Feb 2026 and Part 1 was 15 Jan 2026) of our study of open carry in America's Constitutional tradition by spending more time today with Baird v. Bonta (2 Jan 2026, 9th Circuit) from the top of page 37 (Roman Numeral II) through to the top of page 49 at VII. The pro-Second-Amendment opinions, both of them that we take a look at, were written by Republican appointees (Trump, with a Republican US Senate). We will pick up at page 49 and Roman Numeral VII. https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2026/01/02/24-565.pdf Here's a link to the article I wrote 9 April 2020 for San Diego County Gun Owners, published on Gun Owner's Radio, that I entitled : "Two Types of Self-Defense" here. https://gunownersradio.com/two-types-of-self-defense/ This episode and this series is dedicated to the memory of my closest first cousin, Little Dan Mountain Jr, closest in age by just a couple of weeks, who died earlier this year in January. I picked a topic that would bring a smile to his face and that would honor the bright spots in our childhood together in Colorado. The Republican Professor is a pro-Second-Amendment-in-California podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Mr. Steak's Founder, Chairman of the Board and CEO James A. Jim Mather, my Grandpa Mather, discusses the book As A Man Thinketh by Allen with Bob Jensen in September 1977 for the benefit of Mr. Steak's nationwide staff in 285 restaurants. Grandpa interjects his thoughts along with Scripture. This seems to have been a monthly series called "Mr. Steak's Competitive Edge," each month with a new theme. Many thank to Kerri Marquadt, owner of 7 of the 286 Mr. Steak franchises including the Cheyenne Wyoming location, for the gift to me of these rare tapes of the Mr. Steak franchisor founder and motivational speaker, James A. Mather. Grandpa Mather was raised by a single mother in the Great Depression in El Dorado, Kansas. He went on to serve as a Navy F2F Hellcat fighter pilot during World War 2. He started the company in 1962. He and his first wife Dottie raised 3 kids in Colorado. He died last year in the presence of his second wife Linda peacefully in Camarillo, California at the ripe age of 102 years young. Funeral services were held at Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Newbury Park and performed by Pastor Rob McCoy, whom Jim mentored in the Lord. Enjoy. The Republican Professor is a pro-free-enterprise-system podcast. Therefore, welcome back Grandpa Jim James A. Mather. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D

Mr. Steak's Founder, Chairman of the Board and CEO James A. Jim Mather, my Grandpa Mather, was interviewed by Cheyenne Wyoming's Tom Bauman on KRAE Radio Tuesday 23 March 1982. Many thank to Kerri Marquadt, owner of 7 of the 286 Mr. Steak franchises including the Cheyenne Wyoming location, for the gift to me of these rare tapes of the Mr. Steak franchisor founder and motivational speaker, James A. Mather. I believe this may have been recorded in the Cheyenne, Wyoming Mr. Steak restaurant during business hours. Grandpa Mather was raised by a single mother in the Great Depression in El Dorado, Kansas. He went on to serve as a Navy F2F Hellcat fighter pilot during World War 2. He started the company in 1962. He and his first wife Dottie raised 3 kids in Colorado. He died last year in the presence of his second wife Linda peacefully in Camarillo, California at the ripe age of 102 years young. Funeral services were held at Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Newbury Park and performed by Pastor Rob McCoy, whom Jim mentored in the Lord. Enjoy. The Republican Professor is a pro-free-enterprise-system podcast. Therefore, welcome back Grandpa Jim James A. Mather. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D

Part 2: Chapter 2 on The Dialectical Approach: Methodology and Ethics. We're discussing a volume I've had since I was in high screwel (as Rush Limbaugh used to call it) at Chatfield I'm-so-High in Littleton, Colorado. I bought it with my paper route money probably at Barnes and Noble by the lake on the corner of Bowles and Wadsworth, down the street from Clement Park and Columbine Library. We're going to make a fair use, do a transformative reading of "Marxism: Philosophy and Economics (NY: Quill Press, 1985). By Thomas Sowell of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. We pick up on p. 18 from last time which was episode 1 in the series recorded on Sunday 31 May 2026. We'd like to thank Quill Press for making this material available. We'd of course like to thank Thomas Sowell for writing it. The Republican Professor is a pro-correckly-understanding-Marxism-philosophy-and-economics podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Thomas Sowell, Ph.D. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Part 2: Hamilton v. Jefferson . We're talking about the motivation of the Founding Fathers and Framers of the Constitution. It's a theory of the mentor of my Con Law mentor, himself an historian at Claremont Graduate School in the 1960s who taught my Con Law mentor Dr. Michael M. Uhlmann, Ph.D., LLB. Happy 250th Anniversary of 'Murica. You're in for a treat . This is part 2 of multiple. We cover the second section starting on page 10 where we left off on 6 July 2026 and continuing through to the first part of section three to page 23 at the bottom. This episode broaches the topic of what explained and motivated the Founders of America and Framers of the Constitution. "It is my argument that the lust for the psychic reward of fame, honor, glory, after 1776 becomes a key ingredient in the behavior of Washington and his greatest contemporaries." So ends Adair's first section in this speech which we cover today. We're going to make a fair use, do a transformative reading of the this selection, "Fame and the Founding Fathers," the speech Dr. Adair gave in Kansas City to the Organization of American Historians in the mid-1960s. It's chapter 1 in a volume by the same title and made available by Liberty Fund, Inc., of Indianapolis, Indiana. We'd like to thank Douglass Adair for writing it and presenting it, and we'd like to thank Liberty Fund for making it available. Go out and get your physical copy today and follow along. Support publishers when they make something worth reading. Support the publisher and throw some bidness their way. Support your brick and mortar book dealer. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-and-adequately-articulating-the-major-influences-on-American-politics podcast. Therefore, welcome, through his writing, Dr. Douglas Adair, Ph.D., of the history department at Claremont Graduate School in the 1960s. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

We continue Jaffa's discussion of Aristotle's Politics, continuing with his take on Aristotle's Book III, in our discussion of an entry in the 1963 Rand McNally publication, edited by Leonard Strauss and Joseph Cropsey, called "History of Political Philosophy." This episode contains discussion of pages 97 through half of 104 covering the topics in Book III of the Politics. 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 entry was 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). Jaffa also wrote one of the most influential phenomenological comparisons of the Democratic and the Republican parties using classical political philosophy for the political phenomenology in "Crisis of the House Divided" (University of Chicago Press) The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-political-philosophy right podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Part 5 of 5: On the 22nd of December 2025, Republican appointed federal Judge Roger Benitez (Cuban ethnicity) struck down the Democrat mandated lying to parents in the K-12 school system. We covered it beginning in late December 2025 and in a second episode in late January 2026. The third episode was 17 March 2026 and the last one before this one, the 4th episode, was 8 April 2026. Unusual behavior or conduct of a student at school isn't grounds for a violation of Constitutional rights, Benitez held in Mirabelli v. Olson (Filed 22 Dec 2025), available here : https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63d954d4e4ad424df7819d46/6949e11ea6bae817c8eaf637_Dkt%20%20307_MSJ%20Order.pdf Part 5. We cover from page 38 through to the end today. This episode concludes with a Chaplain's corner prayer time thanking the Lord for Roger Benitez and asking for wisdom for the future. The Chaplain's corner includes a reading from Psalm 15 NIV and Streams in the Desert 2 Feb (Cowman Publications Lost Feliz Station Lost Angeles Calif). The Republican Professor is a pro-anti-tax-funded-abuse-of-parents podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Part 12: We're using the slip opinion this time, see below for a link. Why the Court's majority is wrong in Bostock v. Clayton County Georgia (2020) (part 12 in a series) about the 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 continues to be a real hoot. Part 12: 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 dispute, how to understand it, and what to do about it. We continue with Justice Kavanaugh's strong dissent (although there are a couple of issues, one kinda tacky, the other a bit more serious) grounded in the moral arc of separation of powers: to protect individual liberty. Justice Kavanaugh rightly concludes that the Court threatened individual liberty under the guise of protecting it -- a serious charge indeed -- and one I think is probably correct. We get through the bottom of his page 15 in the slip opinion of his dissent, starting on the bottom of his page 6. Part 12. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/17-1618_hfci.pdf The Republican Professor is a pro-separation-of-powers-rightly-construed podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

We cover Justice Gorsuch's Concurring Opinion for the Court today Episode 18 of this deep dive as we continue the Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (2024) decision that overruled Chevron (1984), Justice Gorsuch's concurring Opinion for the Court. We go from p. 8 letter C of the slip opinion through the entirety of p. 14, Roman Numeral II letter B to the cusp of B.1 starting on page 15 of Gorsuch's concurrence slip opinion. If you want to follow along, there's a link below. This is the 18th Chevron Deference Deep Dive episode we've done on TRP podcast since winter 2024. And here it is Summer 2026. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-451_7m58.pdf (603 U.S. _____ (2024) of the Opinion of the Court written by Chief Justice Roberts. This episode includes a Chaplain's corner reading Psalm 5 in the King James Version and Streams in the Desert February 1st (Cowman Publications, Lost Feliz Station Lost Angeles 1925 original non-woke edition). The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-separation-of-powers podcast. Donate a gift to keep the podcast going on Venmo at-sign no space TheRepublicanProfessor or https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Episode 8 in the series marking the 250th Anniversary of the USA in this year 2026. It's part 7 of our discussion of this book. We're covering the last few pages of chapter 3: National Executive Power before the US Constitution but after July 4th, 1776 starting on the top of p.61. We then continue into chapter 4 which is called "The Presidency in the Federal Convention" for a few pages, stopping at the top of p. 69. When the Founders signed their names onto the Declaration of Independence, they were committing a capital crime, and they were signing their own death warrants if they were caught. They took themselves not to be looking for a fight, but rather, refusing any longer to duck the fight that in fact had come to them. And they sought to ground their cause, their reaction, to right reason in the natural law, consistent with Revelation and the Scriptures. They sought to articulate such an argument for their cause in such a way that would be rightly persuasive to any future reader and any of the nations which may inquire as to the source of their actions. Of course, their cause was initially, in large measure, a reaction against abuse of Executive Power. But such a war required itself strong Executive Power. Therein lies the rub: how can Executive Power be strong yet consistent with the principles of Liberty ? We're making a fair use, transformative reading and discussion of Charles C. Thach's doctoral dissertation at Johns Hopkins in 1922 called "The Creation of the Presidency, 1775-1789 made available by Liberty Fund INC in Indianapolis, Indiana in 2007. Go out and get your physical copy today. Follow along. We'd like to thank Liberty Fund for making this material available, and we'd like to thank Charles C. Thach for writing it. This material was required reading in my Ph.D. program in Public Law and American Politics at The Claremont Colleges. It was used on the 6 hour comprehensive exams (6 hours each) and in a course called The Presidency and the Constitution taught by Joseph M. Bessette, who also served on my dissertation committee many years later. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-understanding-the-American-Presidency, anti-grade-inflation-plantation podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

We're talking about the motivation of the Founding Fathers and Framers of the Constitution. It's a theory of the mentor of my Con Law mentor, himself an historian at Claremont Graduate School in the 1960s who taught my Con Law mentor Dr. Michael M. Uhlmann, Ph.D., LLB. Happy 250th Anniversary of 'Murica. You're in for a treat . This is part 1 of multiple. This episode broaches the topic of what explained and motivated the Founders of America and Framers of the Constitution. "It is my argument that the lust for the psychic reward of fame, honor, glory, after 1776 becomes a key ingredient in the behavior of Washington and his greatest contemporaries." So ends Adair's first section in this speech which we cover today. We're going to make a fair use, do a transformative reading of the this selection, "Fame and the Founding Fathers," the speech Dr. Adair gave in Kansas City to the Organization of American Historians in the mid-1960s. It's chapter 1 in a volume by the same title and made available by Liberty Fund, Inc., of Indianapolis, Indiana. Support publishers when they make something worth reading. Support the publisher and throw some bidness their way. Support your brick and mortar book dealer. This episode was filmed Monday 6 July 2026 years after Jesus in the backyard of my long-time (nearly a quarter of a century) Epistemology mentor Dr. Doug Geivett (PhD, USC under Dallas Willard), a student himself of the famous late-great Republican professor, the late-great Dallas Willard of USC's Philosophy Department. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-and-adequately-articulating-the-major-influences-on-American-politics podcast. Therefore, welcome, through his writing, Dr. Douglas Adair, Ph.D., of the history department at Claremont Graduate School in the 1960s. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

We're talking about the debate about the use the Bible in schools during the Founding generation. Happy 250th Anniversary of 'Murica. You're in for a treat . This is part 3 of multiple on the Second Chapter "The English and American Public Culture." This is episode 7 of the series on the book. This episode broaches the debate among the Founders on the use of the Bible in schools, for example in the election of 1800 of Thomas Jefferson, discussing pp. 34 to 42. "The American Founders read the Bible," Oxford University Rhodes Scholar Daniel Dreisbach says in his first sentence of his Oxford University Press book. "They knew the Bible from cover to cover." "Its ideas shaped their habits of mind." "The Bible left its mark on the political culture of the era." Dreisbach's first sentence in his chapter 2 is: Ready ? "Anglo-Americans are people of the Book, and that Book is the Bible." WOW ! We had the author, Dr. Daniel L. Dreisbach, D.Phil. (Oxford), JD (University of Virginia Law School) on the podcast for Thanksgiving, Fall 2022. We're going to make a fair use, do a transformative reading of the book. We'd like to thank Dr. Dreisbach for writing this, and thank Oxford University Press for making it available. Support publishers when they make something worth reading. Support the publisher and throw some bidness their way. Support your brick and mortar book dealer. This episode was filmed Friday 3 July 2026 years after Jesus in the backyard of my long-time (nearly a quarter of a century) Epistemology mentor Dr. Doug Geivett (PhD, USC under Dallas Willard), a student himself of the famous late-great Republican professor, the late-great Dallas Willard of USC's Philosophy Department. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-and-adequately-articulating-the-Bible's-appropriate-influence-on-American-politics podcast. Therefore, welcome again, through his writing, Dr. Daniel L. Dreisbach, D.Phil., J.D. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Part 5: 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 discussed last half of his second chapter last time (19 March 2026) and this time we continue with the entirety of Chapter 3, which he calls "The Majoritarian Myth," pp. 25 through 37. 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 making this material available in publishing it. Consider supporting CATO with a financial donation so that they can continue providing quality resources for discussion. Tell a friend about their resources. The Republican Professor is a pro-appropriate-judicial-activism podcast. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

This is Part 12 in a series celebrating 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, taking a close look at ch. 7 continuing in the same section which Richard calls ""Takings Prima Facia," which takes a look at selling Eagle feathers when mere possession is a crime, as well as rights to disposition in leasehold renewals. He titles chapter 7, "Rights of Disposition and Contract" because he's taking a look at what the judiciary often misses in the panoply of takings reached by the Eminent Domain Clause and the American constitutional order, how these things interact and hang together, ensconced as it is in the purpose of the Constitution. That moral purpose is the protection of individual liberty against claims by a simple majority in a democracy, or judicial or executive fiat, or by the government in any other way in a taking of private property. It's also a good reflection on nature of property per se, whether public or private. For governments are owners as well as takers of property. Today we discuss his chapter 7 from pp. 74 to the top of p. 80. At the end, this episode concludes with a Chaplain's corner, with a reading of Psalm 142 in the KJV and January 31st in Streams in the Desert (Cowman Publications, Lost Feliz Station Lost Angeles, Calif. 1925 original non-woke edition). Excellent stuff here. Excellent. Every college student should read this book. It's a superb introduction to the political philosophy of the American regime. Praise the Lord. We'd like to thank Harvard University Press for making this material available and Richard Epstein for writing it. Make sure you buy the book and follow along. It's very important for you to have your own copy on your own bookshelf, and to begin to master this material. Support your local book dealer. See if they have a copy of it, or if they'd mind keeping an eye out for you. I always encourage buying physical books, objects you can have, hold, cherish, learn from, display on your bookshelf as a topic of conversation, things you can pass on to the next generation with your notes in them, things that do not depend upon electricity. Toward that end: Go to Harvard University Press for more selections available for purchase. Please support the publisher and your local booksellers. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-contemplating-property-rights podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Episode 7 in the series marking the 250th Anniversary of the USA in this second quarter 2026. We're covering the next several pages of chapter 3: National Executive Power before the US Constitution but after July 4th, 1776. We discuss pp. 53 thru the top of p.61. When the Founders signed their names onto the Declaration of Independence, they were committing a capital crime, and they were signing their own death warrants if they were caught. They took themselves not to be looking for a fight, but rather, refusing any longer to duck the fight that in fact had come to them. And they sought to ground their cause, their reaction, to right reason in the natural law, consistent with Revelation and the Scriptures. They sought to articulate such an argument for their cause in such a way that would be rightly persuasive to any future reader and any of the nations which may inquire as to the source of their actions. Of course, their cause was initially, in large measure, a reaction against abuse of Executive Power. But such a war required itself strong Executive Power. Therein lies the rub: how can Executive Power be strong yet consistent with the principles of Liberty ? We're making a fair use, transformative reading and discussion of Charles C. Thach's doctoral dissertation at Johns Hopkins in 1922 called "The Creation of the Presidency, 1775-1789 made available by Liberty Fund INC in Indianapolis, Indiana in 2007. Go out and get your physical copy today. Follow along. We'd like to thank Liberty Fund for making this material available, and we'd like to thank Charles C. Thach for writing it. This material was required reading in my Ph.D. program in Public Law and American Politics at The Claremont Colleges. It was used on the 6 hour comprehensive exams (6 hours each) and in a course called The Presidency and the Constitution taught by Joseph M. Bessette, who also served on my dissertation committee many years later. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-understanding-the-American-Presidency, anti-grade-inflation-plantation podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Happy 250th Anniversary of 'Murica. You're in for a treat . This is part 2 of multiple on the Second Chapter "The English and American Public Culture." This episode broaches the English Bible's profound role on American Literacy Education, discussing pp. 29-34. "The American Founders read the Bible," Oxford University Rhodes Scholar Daniel Dreisbach says in his first sentence of his Oxford University Press book. "They knew the Bible from cover to cover." "Its ideas shaped their habits of mind." "The Bible left its mark on the political culture of the era." Dreisbach's first sentence in his chapter 2 is: Ready ? "Anglo-Americans are people of the Book, and that Book is the Bible." WOW ! We had the author, Dr. Daniel L. Dreisbach, D.Phil. (Oxford), JD (University of Virginia Law School) on the podcast for Thanksgiving, Fall 2022. We're going to make a fair use, do a transformative reading of the book. We'd like to thank Dr. Dreisbach for writing this, and thank Oxford University Press for making it available. Support publishers when they make something worth reading. Support the publisher and throw some bidness their way. Support your brick and mortar book dealer. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-and-adequately-articulating-the-Bible's-appropriate-influence-on-American-politics podcast. Therefore, welcome again, through his writing, Dr. Daniel L. Dreisbach, D.Phil., J.D. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

This is Part 5. We want to thank Free Press for making this material available and thank D'Souza for writing it. Thank you, Dinesh. We continue our discussion of Dinesh D'Souza's Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus (NY, NY: Free Press, 1991) starting chapter 2, called "More Equal Than Others: Admissions Policy at Berkeley," getting through to page 38 from page 32. We do 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 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 Manitou Springs, Colorado. Thanks to my Grandpa Mather for sending me those 4 years. The book is "Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus" (NY, New York: Free Press, 1991) by a very young Dinesh D'Souza. We want to encourage you to buy the book either used or new. Throw some money at the publisher for the book to reward them for publishing good books. Follow D'Souza on social media and check out his films as well as his books. Get the book and follow along. We want to thank Free Press for making this material available and thank D'Souza for writing it. Thank you, Dinesh. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Part 6 of a series on the history of Israel based on a fair use and transformative reading of "Israel and the Nations: From the Exodus to the Fall of the Second Temple" (Eerdmans, 1963) by FF Bruce. This episode includes interaction with the famous historical characters of Isaiah, Micah, and Hosea in his chapter VI entitled "The Syrian Wars and the Rise of the Prophets 841 to 745 BC" by the Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis, FF Bruce, my intellectual and spiritual grandfather because he mentored my professor Bruce Demarest who himself studied under FF Bruce at the University of Manchester. We're going to do a fair use and make a transformative reading of this material. We'd like to thank Eerdmans for making it available and thank FF Bruce for writing it. The Republican Professor is a pro-biblical-literacy, pro-Christmas, pro-quality-mentoring, pro-understanding-the-history-of-Israel podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Episode 6 in the series marking the 250th Anniversary of the USA in this second quarter 2026. We're covering the first several pages of chapter 3: National Executive Power before the US Constitution but after July 4th, 1776. We discuss pp. 45 thru the top of p.53. When the Founders signed their names onto the Declaration of Independence, they were committing a capital crime, and they were signing their own death warrants if they were caught. They took themselves not to be looking for a fight, but rather, refusing any longer to duck the fight that in fact had come to them. And they sought to ground their cause, their reaction, to right reason in the natural law, consistent with Revelation and the Scriptures. They sought to articulate such an argument for their cause in such a way that would be rightly persuasive to any future reader and any of the nations which may inquire as to the source of their actions. Of course, their cause was initially, in large measure, a reaction against abuse of Executive Power. But such a war required itself strong Executive Power. Therein lies the rub: how can Executive Power be strong yet consistent with the principles of Liberty ? We're making a fair use, transformative reading and discussion of Charles C. Thach's doctoral dissertation at Johns Hopkins in 1922 called "The Creation of the Presidency, 1775-1789 made available by Liberty Fund INC in Indianapolis, Indiana in 2007. Go out and get your physical copy today. Follow along. We'd like to thank Liberty Fund for making this material available, and we'd like to thank Charles C. Thach for writing it. This material was required reading in my Ph.D. program in Public Law and American Politics at The Claremont Colleges. It was used on the 6 hour comprehensive exams (6 hours each) and in a course called The Presidency and the Constitution taught by Joseph M. Bessette, who also served on my dissertation committee many years later. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-understanding-the-American-Presidency, anti-grade-inflation-plantation podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Part 2. We cover the DC Court of Appeals 5 March 2026 decision overturning the wrongful conviction of Tyree Benson who was criminalized for innocent conduct. Benson v. US disagrees with the Ninth Circuit's en banc resolution of Duncan v. Bonta, 2025, which we covered over several episodes in 2025. We cover up through the middle of page 37 from page 22. We continue there next time at page 37. https://www.dccourts.gov/court-of-appeals/opinions-and-memorandum-of-judgments?search=benson&date=&date_range=&type=All The Republican Professor is a pro-non-criminalizing-innocent-conduct-podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

We're discussing a volume I've had since I was in high screwel (as Rush Limbaugh used to call it) at Chatfield I'm-so-High in Littleton, Colorado. I bought it with my paper route money probably at Barnes and Noble by the lake on the corner of Bowles and Wadsworth, down the street from Clement Park and Columbine Library. We're going to make a fair use, do a transformative reading of "Marxism: Philosophy and Economics (NY: Quill Press, 1985). By Thomas Sowell of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Today we begin the volume and discuss through page 18. We'd like to thank Quill Press for making this material available. We'd of course like to thank Thomas Sowell for writing it. This episode was filmed Sunday 31 May 2026 years after Jesus in the backyard of my long-time (nearly a quarter of a century) Epistemology mentor Dr. Doug Geivett (PhD, USC under Dallas Willard), a student himself of the famous late-great Republican professor, the late-great Dallas Willard of USC's Philosophy Department. The Republican Professor is a pro-correckly-understanding-Marxism-philosophy-and-economics podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Thomas Sowell, Ph.D. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Happy 250th Anniversary of 'Murica. You're in for a treat . This is part 1 of multiple on the Second Chapter "The English and American Public Culture." "The American Founders read the Bible," Oxford University Rhodes Scholar Daniel Dreisbach says in his first sentence of his Oxford University Press book. "They knew the Bible from cover to cover." "Its ideas shaped their habits of mind." "The Bible left its mark on the political culture of the era." Dreisbach's first sentence in his chapter 2 is: Ready ? "Anglo-Americans are people of the Book, and that Book is the Bible." WOW ! We had the author, Dr. Daniel L. Dreisbach, D.Phil. (Oxford), JD (University of Virginia Law School) on the podcast for Thanksgiving, Fall 2022. We're going to make a fair use, do a transformative reading of the book. We'd like to thank Dr. Dreisbach for writing this, and thank Oxford University Press for making it available. Support publishers when they make something worth reading. Support the publisher and throw some bidness their way. Support your brick and mortar book dealer. This episode was filmed Thursday 28 May 2026 years after Jesus in the backyard of my long-time (nearly a quarter of a century) Epistemology mentor Dr. Doug Geivett (PhD, USC under Dallas Willard), a student himself of the famous late-great Republican professor, the late-great Dallas Willard of USC's Philosophy Department. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-and-adequately-articulating-the-Bible's-appropriate-influence-on-American-politics podcast. Therefore, welcome again, through his writing, Dr. Daniel L. Dreisbach, D.Phil., J.D. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Episode 5 in the series marking the 250th Anniversary of the USA in this second quarter 2026. It should have been episode 4 because we accidentally skipped a ten page section between pp. 23- 33 last time that should have been episode 4, but we will just have those two sections out of chronological order and move on. Today we are doing those pages: pp. 23 -- 33 we had skipped accidentally last time, and then going from where we left off last time on page 40 through to the end of the chapter at p. 44. So, we're discussing pp. 23 through 33, then pp. 40 through 44 to the end of Chapter 2. When the Founders signed their names onto the Declaration of Independence, they were committing a capital crime, and they were signing their own death warrants if they were caught. They took themselves not to be looking for a fight, but rather, refusing any longer to duck the fight that in fact had come to them. And they sought to ground their cause, their reaction, to right reason in the natural law, consistent with Revelation and the Scriptures. They sought to articulate such an argument for their cause in such a way that would be rightly persuasive to any future reader and any of the nations which may inquire as to the source of their actions. Of course, their cause was initially, in large measure, a reaction against Executive Power. But such a war required itself strong Executive Power. Therein lies the rub: how can Executive Power be strong yet consistent with the principles of Liberty ? We're making a fair use, transformative reading and discussion of Charles C. Thach's doctoral dissertation at Johns Hopkins in 1922 called "The Creation of the Presidency, 1775-1789 made available by Liberty Fund INC in Indianapolis, Indiana in 2007. Go out and get your physical copy today. Follow along. We'd like to thank Liberty Fund for making this material available, and we'd like to thank Charles C. Thach for writing it. This material was required reading in my Ph.D. program in Public Law and American Politics at The Claremont Colleges. It was used on the 6 hour comprehensive exams (6 hours each) and in a course called The Presidency and the Constitution taught by Joseph M. Bessette, who also served on my dissertation committee many years later. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-understanding-the-American-Presidency, anti-grade-inflation-plantation podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

This is Part 11 in a series celebrating 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, taking a close look at ch. 6 continuing in the same section which Richard calls ""Takings Prima Facia," which makes the analogy between riparian rights and land rights. He titles chapter 6, "Possession and Use," because he's taking a look at the natural law of the natural coherent unity of the very nature of incidents of ownership (possession, use, disposition/abuse) and the American constitutional order, how these things interact and hang together, ensconced as it is in the purpose of the Constitution. That moral purpose is the protection of individual liberty against claims by a simple majority in a democracy, or judicial or executive fiat, or by the government in any other way in a taking of private property. It's also a good reflection on nature of property per se, whether public or private. For governments are owners as well as takers of property. Today we discuss the entirety of his chapter 6 from pp. 63 to 73.. At the end, this episode concludes with a reading of Psalm 60 in the KJV and January 30th in Streams in the Desert (Cowman Publications, Lost Feliz Station Lost Angeles, Calif. 1925 original non-woke edition). Excellent stuff here. Excellent. Every college student should read this book. It's a superb introduction to the political philosophy of the American regime. Praise the Lord. We'd like to thank Harvard University Press for making this material available and Richard Epstein for writing it. Make sure you buy the book and follow along. It's very important for you to have your own copy on your own bookshelf, and to begin to master this material. Support your local book dealer. See if they have a copy of it, or if they'd mind keeping an eye out for you. I always encourage buying physical books, objects you can have, hold, cherish, learn from, display on your bookshelf as a topic of conversation, things you can pass on to the next generation with your notes in them, things that do not depend upon electricity. Toward that end: Go to Harvard University Press for more selections available for purchase. Please support the publisher and your local booksellers. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-contemplating-property-rights podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Episode 4 in the series marking the 250th Anniversary of the USA in this second quarter 2026. It should have been episode 5 because we accidentally skipped a ten page section between pp. 23- 33 that should have been episode 4, but we will just have those two section out of chronological order and move on. When the Founders signed their names onto the Declaration of Independence, they were committing a capital crime, and they were signing their own death warrants if they were caught. They took themselves not to be looking for a fight, but rather, refusing any longer to duck the fight that in fact had come to them. And they sought to ground their cause, their reaction, to right reason in the natural law, consistent with Revelation and the Scriptures. They sought to articulate such an argument for their cause in such a way that would be rightly persuasive to any future reader and any of the nations which may inquire as to the source of their actions. Of course, their cause was initially, in large measure, a reaction against Executive Power. But such a war require itself strong Executive Power. Therein lies the rub: how can Executive Power be strong yet consistent with the principles of Liberty ? We're making a fair use, transformative reading and discussion of Charles C. Thach's doctoral dissertation at Johns Hopkins in 1922 called "The Creation of the Presidency, 1775-1789 made available by Liberty Fund INC in Indianapolis, Indiana in 2007. Go out and get your physical copy today. Follow along. We'd like to thank Liberty Fund for making this material available, and we'd like to thank Charles C. Thach for writing it. We are discussing in this second episode of Thach's thought the first third of his second chapter, entitled "State Executive Experience 1776 to 1787," through the top of his page 40 starting, mistakenly actually, at the top of p. 33. We were supposed to start on the top of p. 23 and continue there from last time, but we didn't. I made a mistake. Don't worry, we will fill in the incredibly valuable discussion of the material in pp. 23 through p. 33 at the top. This material was required reading in my Ph.D. program in Public Law and American Politics at The Claremont Colleges. It was used on the 6 hour comprehensive exams (6 hours each) and in a course called The Presidency and the Constitution taught by Joseph M. Bessette, who also served on my dissertation committee many years later. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-understanding-the-American-Presidency, anti-grade-inflation-plantation podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

This is part 8 in the series. (Part 7 was the episode on 24 March 2026). We're beginning our discussion of the chapter called "War." Chapter 4. We discuss sub-chapters starting at the beginning of chapter 4, hitting the following: "The Vietnam War as an establishment undertaking" and "America's weak rear." We stop at the top of p. 74. This is a continuation of a transformative reading and fair use of Chris Caldwell's "The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties" published by Simon and Schuster in 2020. 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 mortar book dealers, you local book dealers. I'd like to thank my former political philosophy student Matt Stone (Phil M03: Social and Political Philosophy at Moorpark College, Spring 2008) for purchasing my copy of the book for me and supporting TRP podcast. Let's foster a culture that values good authors and good books, physical books, and honors and rewards publishers for making those books available for us to read and to think about. Please support this author and this publisher. Also, support your local brick and mortar book dealer, dealers in physical books. This episode includes a Chaplain's corner at the beginning, in honor of the anniversary of the death of my grandfather at 102 years young last year, and at the end with a reading from Psalm 59 in the King James Version and Streams in the Desert 29 January (Cowman Publications, Lost Feliz Station Lost Angeles, Calif, 1925 original non-woke edition). The Republican Professor is a pro-political-phenomeonology-done-right podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Diego Perez is a 26 year old pro-beach volleyball player. He also runs a non-profit gospel ministry in California called "Jesus Rules." He wears the shirt while he plays. This was the first in-person interview on TRP podcast. @diegonickperez 's website is https://jesusrules.co/ Send him some support. Recorded by Diego at Dr. Lucas Mather's Common-sense Epistemology mentor Dr. Doug Geivett's backyard Friday 24 April 2026. The Republican Professor is a pro-California-missions podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Episode 3 in the series marking the 250th Anniversary of the USA in this second quarter 2026. When the Founders signed their names onto the Declaration of Independence, they were committing a capital crime, and they were signing their own death warrants if they were caught. They took themselves not to be looking for a fight, but rather, refusing any longer to duck the fight that in fact had come to them. And they sought to ground their cause, their reaction, to right reason in the natural law, consistent with Revelation and the Scriptures. They sought to articulate such an argument for their cause in such a way that would be rightly persuasive to any future reader and any of the nations which may inquire as to the source of their actions. Of course, their cause was initially, in large measure, a reaction against Executive Power. But such a war require itself strong Executive Power. Therein lies the rub: how can Executive Power be strong yet consistent with the principles of Liberty ? We're making a fair use, transformative reading and discussion of Charles C. Thach's doctoral dissertation at Johns Hopkins in 1922 called "The Creation of the Presidency, 1775-1789 made available by Liberty Fund INC in Indianapolis, Indiana in 2007. Go out and get your physical copy today. Follow along. We'd like to thank Liberty Fund for making this material available, and we'd like to thank Charles C. Thach for writing it. We are discussing in this second episode of Thach's thought the first third of his second chapter, entitled "State Executive Experience 1776 to 1787," through the top of his page 23. This material was required reading in my Ph.D. program in Public Law and American Politics at The Claremont Colleges. It was used on the 6 hour comprehensive exams (6 hours each) and in a course called The Presidency and the Constitution taught by Joseph M. Bessette, who also served on my dissertation committee many years later. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-understanding-the-American-Presidency, anti-grade-inflation-plantation podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

We cover the DC Court of Appeals 5 March 2026 decision overturning the wrongful conviction of Tyree Benson who was criminalized for innocent conduct. We cover up through the middle of page 22. We continue there next time. https://www.dccourts.gov/court-of-appeals/opinions-and-memorandum-of-judgments?search=benson&date=&date_range=&type=All The Republican Professor is a pro-non-criminalizing-innocent-conduct-podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Episode 2 in the series marking the 250th Anniversary of the USA in this second quarter 2026. When the Founders signed their names onto the Declaration of Independence, they were committing a capital crime, and they were signing their own death warrants if they were caught. They took themselves not to be looking for a fight, but rather, refusing any longer to duck the fight that in fact had come to them. And they sought to ground their cause, their reaction, to right reason in the natural law, consistent with Revelation and the Scriptures. They sought to articulate such an argument for their cause in such a way that would be rightly persuasive to any future reader and any of the nations which may inquire as to the source of their actions. Of course, their cause was initially, in large measure, a reaction against Executive Power. But such a war require itself strong Executive Power. Therein lies the rub: how can Executive Power be strong yet consistent with the principles of Liberty ? We're making a fair use, transformative reading and discussion of Charles C. Thach's doctoral dissertation at Johns Hopkins in 1922 called "The Creation of the Presidency, 1775-1789 made available by Liberty Fund INC in Indianapolis, Indiana in 2007. Go out and get your physical copy today. Follow along. We'd like to thank Liberty Fund for making this material available, and we'd like to thank Charles C. Thach for writing it. This material was required reading in my Ph.D. program in Public Law and American Politics at The Claremont Colleges. It was used on the 6 hour comprehensive exams (6 hours each) and in a course called The Presidency and the Constitution taught by Joseph M. Bessette, who also served on my dissertation committee many years later. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-understanding-the-American-Presidency, anti-grade-inflation-plantation podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Discussing Dinesh D'Souza's Illiberal Education, Chapter 2: "More Equal Than Others: Admissions Policy at Berkeley" 11 March 2026 TRP Podcass Editor’s Note: Philosophers pronunce “Berkeley” as “Barkley” when referring to the man who was the namesake of the university town. So Professor Mather has adopted the same phonetic ambiguity in the discussion. The full discussion from which this clip is taken is available under that date on The Republican Professor podcass. The Republican Professor podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

We continue with Part 3 (Part 2 was 19 Feb 2026 and Part 1 was 15 Jan 2026) of our study of open carry in America's Constitutional tradition by spending more time today with Baird v. Bonta (2 Jan 2026, 9th Circuit) from the top of page 27 (Roman Numeral II) through to the top of page 37 (up to Roman Numeral VI Letter D as in Boy just kidding D as in Cat). The pro-Second-Amendment opinions, both of them that we take a look at, were written by Republican appointees (Trump, with a Republican US Senate). We will pick up at page 37 and Roman Numeral VI letter D next time. https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2026/01/02/24-565.pdf Here's a link to the article I wrote 9 April 2020 for San Diego County Gun Owners, published on Gun Owner's Radio, that I entitled : "Two Types of Self-Defense" here. https://gunownersradio.com/two-types-of-self-defense/ This episode and this series is dedicated to the memory of my closest first cousin, Little Dan Mountain Jr, closest in age by just a couple of weeks, who died earlier this year in January. I picked a topic that would bring a smile to his face and that would honor the bright spots in our childhood together in Colorado. The Republican Professor is a pro-Second-Amendment-in-California podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Episode 1 in the series marking the 250th Anniversary of the USA in this second quarter 2026. Martin Diamond channels Alexis de Tocqueville in raging against the grade-inflation machine back before IA, before much of the grade inflation crap got off the ground. We're making a fair use, transformative reading and discussion of Martin Diamond's 1970 "Reading in an Age of Mass Democracy", which is in a section called "'Enclaves of Excellence' and the Study of Politics" as essay number 16, made available by AEI in Washington DC in 1992 in a volume they called "As Far as Republican Principles Will Admit: Essays by Martin Diamond, " edited by William A. Schambra. Diamond would be another one of my intellectual grandfathers, as he mentored, among others, the Chair of my dissertation committee at The Claremont Colleges, Ralph Rossum, who was on the podcast back in 2022 and was the Salvatori Professor of American Constitutionalism at Claremont McKenna College (where Diamond had taught when it was called Claremont Men's College). Diamond had been a product of the University of Chicago as had been Rossum and another one of my committee members, Joseph M. Bessette. Martin Diamond never finished college but talked his way into a masters and Ph.D. at the University of Chicago by his post war-time self-education. Amazing. The Republican Professor is a pro-as-far-as-Republican-Principles-will-admit, anti-age-of-mediocrity, anti-grade-inflation-plantation podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

We continue Jaffa's discussion of Aristotle's Politics, this time finishing his take on Aristotle's Book II and beginning with his take on Aristotle's Book III, in our discussion of an entry in the 1963 Rand McNally publication, edited by Leonard Strauss and Joseph Cropsey, called "History of Political Philosophy." This episode contains discussion of pages 89 thru the top of page 97 covering the first part of Book II of the Politics. 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. We continue our discussion of Harry Jaffa on Aristotle, pp. 89 thru the top of page 97 covering the rest of Book II and beginning his section on Book III of Aristotle's Politics, discussing 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). Jaffa also wrote one of the most influential phenomenological comparisons of the Democratic and the Republican parties using classical political philosophy for the political phenomenology in "Crisis of the House Divided" (University of Chicago Press) The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-political-philosophy right podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Part 4: On the 22nd of December 2025, Republican appointed federal Judge Roger Benitez (Cuban ethnicity) struck down the Democrat mandated lying to parents in the K-12 school system. We covered it beginning in late December 2025 and in a second episode in late January 2026. The third episode, the last one before this one, was 17 March 2026. Unusual behavior or conduct of a student at school isn't grounds for a violation of Constitutional rights, Benitez held in Mirabelli v. Olson (Filed 22 Dec 2025), available here : https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63d954d4e4ad424df7819d46/6949e11ea6bae817c8eaf637_Dkt%20%20307_MSJ%20Order.pdf Part 4. We cover from Part B on page 30 through to page 38 up to but not including letter C. We'll continue from there next time. This episode includes a Chaplain's corner prayer time thanking the Lord for Roger Benitez and asking for wisdom for the future. The Chaplain's corner includes a reading from Psalm 57 and Streams in the Desert 28 Jan (Cowman Publications Lost Feliz Station Lost Angeles Calif). The Republican Professor is a pro-anti-tax-funded-abuse-of-parents podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Part 5 of a series on the history of Israel based on a fair use and transformative reading of "Israel and the Nations: From the Exodus to the Fall of the Second Temple" (Eerdmans, 1963) by FF Bruce. This episode includes interaction with the famous historical characters of Elijah and Elisha in his chapter V entitled "The House of Omri 881 to 841 BC" by the Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis, FF Bruce, my intellectual and spiritual grandfather because he mentored my professor Bruce Demarest who himself studied under FF Bruce at the University of Manchester. We're going to do a fair use and make a transformative reading of this material. We'd like to thank Eerdmans for making it available and thank FF Bruce for writing it. It also contains multiple references to Deuteronomy 17. The Republican Professor is a pro-biblical-literacy, pro-Christmas, pro-quality-mentoring, pro-understanding-the-history-of-Israel podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Part 8: We continue our timely coverage of Pope Leo XIII 's Rerum Novarum numbers 36 through the end of 45 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. The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-theology's-application-to-public-policy-correct podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Support the podcast. Buy me a cup of coffee or ten here : https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

We cover Justice Gorsuch's Concurring Opinion for the Court today for Episode 17 of this deep dive as we continue the Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (2024) decision that overruled Chevron (1984), Justice Gorsuch's concurring Opinion for the Court. This is the 17th Chevron Deference Deep Dive episode we've done on TRP podcast since winter 2024. And here it is Spirng 2026. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-451_7m58.pdf (603 U.S. _____ (2024) of the Opinion of the Court written by Chief Justice Roberts. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-separation-of-powers podcast. Donate a gift to keep the podcast going on Venmo at-sign no space TheRepublicanProfessor or https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Part 2: Karen Humphries joins us 4 years later for Part 2 in a series on getting elected to local School Board in Ohio. She's just been reelected this past Fall 2025, having first been elected to the position in 2017. The Republicans need to come to terms with what the plan is with public education. A good first step is having a good School Board in place, no matter what you think about homeschooling and vouchers and the plethora of other issues in public funding of education. Interested in running for School Board yourself ? Or, interested in recruiting quality candidates on how to do so and what it might be like ? You'll be interested in Part 1 which was Episode 32 published on 29 March 2022 and this Part 2 here 4 years later (26 March 2026 recorded). More to come in the future. The Republican Professor is a pro-education podcast. Therefore, welcome back Karen Humphries! This episode was recorded in my Dr. Dallas Willard, Ph.D.-trained Epistemology mentor Dr. Doug Geivett, Ph.D.'s home study in Orange County. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

This is part 7 in the series. (Part 6 was the episode on 5 Feb, 2026). We're continuing our discussion of the chapter called "Sex." Chapter 3. We finish that chapter today. The next chapter is War. We discuss his sub-chapters starting at "Roe v. Wade and the Supreme Court" on page 53 and discuss the book Our Bodies, Ourselves and the Equal Rights Amendment, both titles of subsections in the chapter on Sex. This is a continuation of a transformative reading and fair use of Chris Caldwell's "The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties" published by Simon and Schuster in 2020. 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 mortar book dealers, you local book dealers. I'd like to thank my former political philosophy student Matt Stone (Phil M03: Social and Political Philosophy at Moorpark College, Spring 2008) for purchasing my copy of the book for me and supporting TRP podcast. Let's foster a culture that values good authors and good books, physical books, and honors and rewards publishers for making those books available for us to read and to think about. Please support this author and this publisher. Also, support your local brick and mortar book dealer, dealers in physical books. The Republican Professor is a pro-political-phenomeonology-done-right podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Part 4: 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 discussed the first part of the second chapter last time (8 Jan 2026) and this time we continue with the second half of Chapter 2, pp. 16 to through 23. 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 making this material available in publishing it. Consider supporting CATO with a financial donation so that they can continue providing quality resources for discussion. Tell a friend about their resources. The Republican Professor is a pro-appropriate-judicial-activism podcast. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Part 3: On the 22nd of December 2025, Republican appointed federal Judge Roger Benitez (Cuban ethnicity) struck down the Democrat mandated lying to parents in the K-12 school system. We covered it beginning in late December 2025 and in a second episode in late January 2026 Unusual behavior or conduct of a student at school isn't grounds for a violation of Constitutional rights, Benitez held in Mirabelli v. Olson (Filed 22 Dec 2025), available here : https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63d954d4e4ad424df7819d46/6949e11ea6bae817c8eaf637_Dkt%20%20307_MSJ%20Order.pdf Part 3. We cover from page 18 at line 24 through to Part B on page 30. We'll continue from there next time. This episode includes a Chaplain's corner prayer time thanking the Lord for Roger Benitez and asking for wisdom for the future. The Republican Professor is a pro-anti-tax-funded-abuse-of-parents podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

This is Part 10 in a series celebrating 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, taking a close look at ch. 5 continuing in the same 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 where the government is a defendant. He titles chapter 5, "Partial Takings: The Unity of Ownership," because he's taking a look at the natural law of the natural coherent unity of the very nature of incidents of ownership (possession, use, disposition/abuse) and the American constitutional order, how these things interact and hang together, ensconced as it is in the purpose of the Constitution. That moral purpose is the protection of individual liberty against claims by a simple majority in a democracy, or judicial or executive fiat, or by the government in any other way in a taking of private property. It's also a good reflection on nature of property per se, whether public or private. For governments are owners as well as takers of property. Today we discuss the entirety of his chapter 5 from pp. 57 to 62.. At the end, this episode concludes with a reading of Psalm 52 in the ESV and January 27th in Streams in the Desert (Cowman Publications, Lost Feliz Station Lost Angeles, Calif. 1925 original non-woke edition). Excellent stuff here. Excellent. Every college student should read this book. It's a superb introduction to the political philosophy of the American regime. Praise the Lord. We'd like to thank Harvard University Press for making this material available and Richard Epstein for writing it. Make sure you buy the book and follow along. It's very important for you to have your own copy on your own bookshelf, and to begin to master this material. Support your local book dealer. See if they have a copy of it, or if they'd mind keeping an eye out for you. I always encourage buying physical books, objects you can have, hold, cherish, learn from, display on your bookshelf as a topic of conversation, things you can pass on to the next generation with your notes in them, things that do not depend upon electricity. Toward that end: Go to Harvard University Press for more selections available for purchase. Please support the publisher and your local booksellers. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-contemplating-property-rights podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

This is Part 4. We want to thank Free Press for making this material available and thank D'Souza for writing it. Thank you, Dinesh. We continue our discussion of Dinesh D'Souza's Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus (NY, NY: Free Press, 1991) starting chapter 2, called "More Equal Than Others: Admissions Policy at Berkeley," getting through to page 32 at the top. We do 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 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 Manitou Springs, Colorado. Thanks to my Grandpa Mather for sending me those 4 years. The book is "Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus" (NY, New York: Free Press, 1991) by a very young Dinesh D'Souza. We want to encourage you to buy the book either used or new. Throw some money at the publisher for the book to reward them for publishing good books. Follow D'Souza on social media and check out his films as well as his books. Get the book and follow along. We want to thank Free Press for making this material available and thank D'Souza for writing it. Thank you, Dinesh. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

We're discussing the 55th Volume, Number 1 of Hillsdale College's excellent publication called Imprimis, which is free, all you have to do is sign up for it and they send it to you in the mail. 7.3 million have wisely elected to do so, including me. This one was published in January 2026 called "Learning From Minnesota's Somali Fraud Scandal," by Scott W. Johnson, whose short bio we cover. We do a fair use and a transformative reading in our discussion and teaching of this free material. We'd like to thank Scott W. Johnson for his service, for writing it, and we'd like to thank Hillsdale College for making it available for discussion. Go to Hillsdale.edu to learn more and to support this wonderful institution. https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/learning-from-minnesotas-somali-fraud-scandal/ Support Hillsdale College financially ! The Republican Professor is a pro-Imprimis, pro-Hillsdale-College podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Part 11. We're continuing from 13 January 2026, discussing the second subsection in his chapter 5 (The Relation of Ideological Tyranny to the Authoritarian State), called "The Demonism of Ideologized Christianity" 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. 62 to the bottom of p. 66 at the beginning of the next subsection. (See 13 Jan 2026, "Revelation 13...." for the last episode in this series). Our return guest today on The Republican Professor Podcast is the former professor of Theology at the University of Hamburg in West Germany, Dr. Helmut Thielicke, Ph.D., D.Theol. (Philosophy and Theology). Professor Thielicke once again joins us through his teaching in his Theological Ethics, Vol. 2: Politics. My copy was purchased at Old Capitol Books (new location) in Monterey, California, across from Nick the Greek restaurant on Alvarado Street (their old location was 559 Tyler, Monterey, CA, across from the Peet's Coffee and was formerly Book Haven for many years), and is a hard copy published in 1969 by Fortress Press and edited by William H. Lazareth. Thielicke died before he was able to come on to The Republican Professor Podcast. We thank Fortress Press for making the book available. Check out their catalogue for a full listing of their very interesting titles, and buy one. Get a copy of this for yourself and following along in our transformative, performative reading of it as we make fair use on his insights, with fresh scholarly commentary from me, and allow it to shape our understanding of American Politics. This is part 11 in a series on The Republican Professor Podcast, an introduction to theological reflection on American government. Here, we continue the topic of the nature and power of "ideology" in Communist Socialist and National Socialist (sometimes called by others fascistic socialism/fascism). Our very special guest today is, once again, the esteemed and long-time Professor of Theology at the University of Hamburg, Helmut Thielicke. And I've invited Professor Thielicke to join us today through my transformative, performative reading (with my scholarly commentary upon) and fair use of his teaching on this topic in his magisterial "Theological Ethics, Volume 2: Politics." My copy of the book was published in 1969 by Fortress Press. Please buy a copy of the book and follow along with our study of this material. Please, please support your brick and mortar used book dealers as well. Professor Thielicke died before we were able to invite him in person as a guest on the podcast. Thanks to Fortress Press, the book is still in print and would be a valuable addition, indeed, to your personal library. Please support the work of Fortress Press and buy the book, and check out the other selections that they carry, as well. The Republican Professor Podcast is a pro-deeply-conversing-on-the-theological-aspects-of-the-nature-of-government podcast. Therefore, welcome Professor Helmut Thielicke ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/

Part 11: We're using the slip opinion this time, see below for a link. Why the Court's majority is wrong in Bostock v. Clayton County Georgia (2020) (part 11 in a series) about the 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 continues to be a real hoot. Part 11: 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 dispute, how to understand it, and what to do about it. We introduce Justice Kavanaugh's strong dissent (although there are a couple of issues, one kinda tacky, the other a bit more serious) grounded in the moral arc of separation of powers: to protect individual liberty. Justice Kavanaugh rightly concludes that the Court threatened individual liberty under the guise of protecting it -- a serious charge indeed -- and one I think is probably correct. We get through the bottom of his page 6 in the slip opinion of his dissent. Part 11. Today's episode begins with a Chaplain's corner: a reading from Psalm 3 in the ESV, and Streams in the Desert January 26th (Cowman Publications Lost Feliz Station Lost Angeles, Calif., non-woke original edition). https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/17-1618_hfci.pdf The Republican Professor is a pro-separation-of-powers-rightly-construed podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

We're continuing our discussion of The Trivium today in conversation with Sister Miriam Joseph, Ph.D., who joins us through her writing teaching ministry in "The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric" originally published in 1937. We're discussing the first section of her second chapter. That chapter is called The Nature and Function of Language. We'd like to thank Sister Miriam Joseph for writing this and we'd like to thank Paul Dry Books 2002 for making this particular edition available to readers (edited by Marguerite McGlinn). We're doing a fair use and transformative reading, and would encourage you to go out and get yourself a physical copy of this book. Whether used or new, or even a different edition, if you can find it, get the book, a physical copy you can hold in your hand, and follow along with the discussion. The Republican Professor is a pro-Trivium-done-right podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Claremont Review of Books published an issue in Spring 2025 called "Let's Not Do That Again: President Trump's Trade War Could Have Ended Badly" on pp. 17 through 21. We're doing a fair use and transformative reading of the essay in one of my favorite publications. This is an engagement with an essay by Christopher Caldwell, one of my favorite writers on American Politics, The piece is accessible to the public at https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/lets-not-do-that-again/ Kesler, Editor of the CRB, was one of my Ph.D. professors at Claremont Colleges (4 courses). We want to thank Claremont Review of Books for making this material available. Go to ClaremontReviewofBooks.com to subscribe for a very reasonable price and get the hard copies with aesthetically pleasing artwork and thoughtful though accessible essays in your physical mailbox. The Republican Professor is a pro-Claremont-Review-of-Books podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

We continue our study of open carry in America's Constitutional tradition by spending more time today with Baird v. Bonta (2 Jan 2026, 9th Circuit) from the top of page 11 (Roman Numeral II) through to the top of page 27 (up to Roman Numeral V). The pro-Second-Amendment opinions, both of them that we take a look at, were written by Republican appointees (Trump, Republican US Senate). We will pick up at page 27 and Roman Numeral V next time. This episode and this series is dedicated to the memory of my closest first cousin, Little Dan Mountain Jr, closest in age by just a couple of weeks, who died a week ago today, last Thursday. I picked a topic that would bring a smile to his face and that would honor the bright spots in our childhood together in Colorado. The Republican Professor is a pro-Second-Amendment-in-California podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Part 4 of a series on the history of Israel based on a fair use and transformative reading of "Israel and the Nations: From the Exodus to the Fall of the Second Temple" (Eerdmans, 1963) by FF Bruce. This episode includes interaction with his chapter IV entitled "Solomon and His Successors 970 to 881 BC" by the Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis, FF Bruce, my intellectual and spiritual grandfather because he mentored my professor Bruce Demarest who himself studied under FF Bruce at the University of Manchester. We're going to do a fair use and make a transformative reading of this material. We'd like to thank Eerdmans for making it available and thank FF Bruce for writing it. It also contains multiple references to Deuteronomy 17. The Republican Professor is a pro-biblical-literacy, pro-Christmas, pro-quality-mentoring, pro-understanding-the-history-of-Israel podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

We're doing a fair use and transformative reading of part of an essay in one of my favorite publications. This is an engagement with an essay by Dr. Joseph M. Bessette, Ph.D., a member of my Ph.D. dissertation committee in Public Law and American Politics at The Claremont Colleges, one of my favorite professors like evar and one of my favorite writers on American Politics. The essay is entitled "Unmasked" in Fall 2025/Winter 2026 Claremont Review of Books pp,. 117-122 of the print edition. It's a review of the Princeton University Press monograph by Princeton professors Stephen Macedo and Francis Lee called "In COVID's Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us." Bessette was one of my Ph.D. professors at Claremont Colleges. We want to thank Claremont Review of Books for making this material available. Go to ClaremontReviewofBooks.com to subscribe for a very reasonable price and get the hard copies with aesthetically pleasing artwork and thoughtful though accessible essays in your physical mailbox. The Republican Professor is a pro-Claremont-Review-of-Books podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

We cover Justice Thomas' Concurring Opinion for the Court today for Part 5 (Episode 16) of this deep dive as we continue the Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (2024) decision that overruled Chevron (1984), Justice Thomas' concurring Opinion for the Court. We have one more part in this Deep Dive after this one to do the concurrence by Gorsuch. This is the 16th Chevron Deference Deep Dive episode we've done on TRP podcast since winter 2024. And here it is winter 2026. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-451_7m58.pdf (603 U.S. _____ (2024) of the Opinion of the Court written by Chief Justice Roberts. We will pick up with the Gorsuch's Republican concurrence in Loper Bright next time. Today's episode includes readings from Psalm 104 (RSV) and 25 January in Streams in the Desert (Cowman Publications Lost Feliz Station Lost Angeles, California 1925 non-woke original edition). The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-separation-of-powers podcast. Donate a gift to keep the podcast going on Venmo at-sign no space TheRepublicanProfessor or https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

This is Part 3. We want to thank Free Press for making this material available and thank D'Souza for writing it. Thank you, Dinesh. We continue our discussion of Dinesh D'Souza's Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus (NY, NY: Free Press, 1991) starting up at page 13 through to the end of chapter 1 called "Victims Revolution on Campus." We do 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 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 Manitou Springs, Colorado. Thanks to my Grandpa Mather for sending me those 4 years. The book is "Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus" (NY, New York: Free Press, 1991) by a very young Dinesh D'Souza. We want to encourage you to buy the book either used or new. Throw some money at the publisher for the book to reward them for publishing good books. Follow D'Souza on social media and check out his films as well as his books. Get the book and follow along. We want to thank Free Press for making this material available and thank D'Souza for writing it. Thank you, Dinesh. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

This is part 6 in the series. (Part 5 was the episode on Dec 2, 2025). We're continuing our discussion of the chapter called "Sex." Chapter 3. We discuss his next sub-chapters starting at "The Feminine Mystique" on page 42 and going up to but not including the discussion of Roe v. Wade and the Supreme Court on page 53ff. This is a continuation of a transformative reading and fair use of Chris Caldwell's "The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties" published by Simon and Schuster in 2020. 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 mortar book dealers, you local book dealers. I'd like to thank my former political philosophy student Matt Stone (Phil M03: Social and Political Philosophy at Moorpark College, Spring 2008) for purchasing my copy of the book for me and supporting TRP podcast. Let's foster a culture that values good authors and good books, physical books, and honors and rewards publishers for making those books available for us to read and to think about. Please support this author and this publisher. Also, support your local brick and mortar book dealer, dealers in physical books. The Republican Professor is a pro-political-phenomeonology-done-right podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

The March 2003 issue of Reason Magazine carried an article by Sara Rimensnyder styled as "The Art of Self Defense: Gun Control on Trial," was about the story of how a 9mm semi-auto handgun, concealed illegally in a backpack, saved Tom Palmer's life from a dozen thugs in Lost Angeles. His mother gave him the weapon for self-defense. Democrats wanted to take it away. A Republican judge in 2014 applied a set of rulings by Republican justices on the Supreme Court, justices who'd been appointed by Republican presidents and Republicans in the US Senate. We're covering Tom Palmer, et. al., v. D.C. (2014)(26 July 2014). Here's a link to the Reason article referenced above from 2003: https://reason.com/2003/03/01/the-art-of-self-defense-2/ Here's a link to the decision in Tom Palmer's favor: https://michellawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Palmer-v.-District-of-Columbia_Memorandum-Decision-and-Order-re-Plaintiffs-Motion-for-Summary-Judgment-and-Defendants-Cross-Motion-for-Summary-Judgment.pdf The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-and-defending-the-Second-Amendment Podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

We continue Jaffa's discussion of Aristotle's Politics, this time Book II and his critique of his own professor Plato, in our discussion of an entry in the 1963 Rand McNally publication, edited by Leonard Strauss and Joseph Cropsey, called "History of Political Philosophy." This episode contains discussion of pages 80 thru the top of page 89 covering the first part of Book II of the Politics. 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. We continue our discussion of Harry Jaffa on Aristotle, pp. 80 thru the top of page 89 covering Book II of Aristotle's Politics, discussing 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). Jaffa also wrote one of the most influential phenomenological comparisons of the Democratic and the Republican parties using classical political philosophy for the political phenomenology in "Crisis of the House Divided" (University of Chicago Press) The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-political-philosophy right podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Part 2: Last month on the 22nd of December 2025, Republican appointed federal Judge Roger Benitez (Cuban ethnicity) struck down the Democrat mandated lying to parents in the K-12 school system. Unusual behavior or conduct of a student at school isn't grounds for a violation of Constitutional rights, Benitez held in Mirabelli v. Olson (Filed 22 Dec 2025), available here : https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63d954d4e4ad424df7819d46/6949e11ea6bae817c8eaf637_Dkt%20%20307_MSJ%20Order.pdf Part 2. We cover from page 10, Roman Numeral II, through the first two-thirds of page 18 thru line 23. We'll continue from there next time. This episode includes a reading from Psalm 65, in the King James Version of the Bible. The Republican Professor is a pro-anti-tax-funded-abuse-of-parents podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

This is Part 9 in a series celebrating 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 finishing 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 where the government is a defendant. He titles chapter "Takings and Torts," because he's taking a look at political philosophy and the American constitutional order, how these things interact using argument by analogy with the common law/private law tradition, ensconced as it is in the purpose of the Constitution. That moral purpose is the protection of individual liberty against claims by a simple majority in a democracy, or by the government in a taking of private property. Today we discuss the subsections of Proximate Causation and Consequential Damages from pp. 47 to the end of the chapter on p. 56. At the end, this episode concludes with a reading of Psalm 33 in the NASB version. Excellent stuff here. Excellent. Every college student should read this book. It's a superb introduction to the political philosophy of the American regime. Praise the Lord. We'd like to thank Harvard University Press for making this material available and Richard Epstein for writing it. Make sure you buy the book and follow along. It's very important for you to have your own copy on your own bookshelf, and to begin to master this material. Support your local book dealer. See if they have a copy of it, or if they'd mind keeping an eye out for you. I always encourage buying physical books, objects you can have, hold, cherish, learn from, display on your bookshelf as a topic of conversation, things you can pass on to the next generation with your notes in them, things that do not depend upon electricity. Toward that end: Go to Harvard University Press for more selections available for purchase. Please support the publisher and your local booksellers. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-contemplating-property-rights podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

We're using the slip opinion this time, see below for a link. Why the Court's majority is wrong in Bostock v. Clayton County Georgia (2020) (part 10 in a series) about the 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 continues to be a real hoot. Part 10: 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 dispute, how to understand it, and what to do about it. We continue discussing and we finish with the Republican dissenting opinion of Justice Alito (joined by Thomas) from his II.D through to the end. Kavanaugh's dissent is next, and then we'll be done with this series. Part 10. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/17-1618_hfci.pdf The Republican Professor is a pro-separation-of-powers-rightly-construed podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Claremont Review of Books published an issue in Summer 2025 where the question is posed on the cover, decorated by attractive art, "Will there always be an England?" We're doing a fair use and transformative reading of an essay in one of my favorite publications. This is an engagement with an essay by Christopher Caldwell, one of my favorite writers on American Politics, entitled "Land's End" in Summer 2025 Claremont Review of Books pp 8-12. The piece is accessible to the public at https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/lands-end-2/ It's the second piece in CRB history to have that title . Kesler, Editor of the CRB, was one of my Ph.D. professors at Claremont Colleges (4 courses). We want to thank Claremont Review of Books for making this material available. Go to ClaremontReviewofBooks.com to subscribe for a very reasonable price and get the hard copies with aesthetically pleasing artwork and thoughtful though accessible essays in your physical mailbox. The Republican Professor is a pro-Claremont-Review-of-Books podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Part 7: We continue our timely coverage of Pope Leo XIII 's Rerum Novarum numbers 32 through the end of 35 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. The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-theology's-application-to-public-policy-correct podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Support the podcast. Buy me a cup of coffee or ten here : https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

We begin our study of open carry in America's Constitutional tradition by spending time with Baird v. Bonta (2 Jan 2026, 9th Circuit) thru the top of page 11 (up to Roman Numeral II). The pro-Second-Amendment opinions, both of them that we take a look at, were written by Republican appointees (Trump, Republican US Senate). We will pick up at page 11 and Roman Numeral II at that time. This episode and this series is dedicated to the memory of my closest first cousin, Little Dan Mountain Jr, closest in age by just a couple of weeks, who died a week ago today, last Thursday. I picked a topic that would bring a smile to his face and that would honor the bright spots in our childhood together in Colorado. This episode includes a reading from Psalm 29 (KJV) and Streams in the Desert January 24th (Cowman Publications, Lost Feliz Station Lost Angeles, Calif, 1925 -- non-woke edition). The Republican Professor is a pro-Second-Amendment-in-California podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

We're continuing from 11 Nov 2025, discussing the first subsection in his next chapter, chapter 5 (The Relation of Ideological Tyranny to the Authoritarian State), called "Revelation 13 as a Model of Ideological Tyranny" 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. 53 thru the top of 62. (See 11 Nov 2025, "Ideologies as Idolatry" for the last episode in this series). Our return guest today on The Republican Professor Podcast is the former professor of Theology at the University of Hamburg in West Germany, Dr. Helmut Thielicke, Ph.D., D.Theol. (Philosophy and Theology). Professor Thielicke once again joins us through his teaching in his Theological Ethics, Vol. 2: Politics. My copy was purchased at Old Capitol Books (new location) in Monterey, California, across from Nick the Greek restaurant on Alvarado Street (their old location was 559 Tyler, Monterey, CA, across from the Peet's Coffee and was formerly Book Haven for many years), and is a hard copy published in 1969 by Fortress Press and edited by William H. Lazareth. Thielicke died before he was able to come on to The Republican Professor Podcast. We thank Fortress Press for making the book available. Check out their catalogue for a full listing of their very interesting titles, and buy one. Get a copy of this for yourself and following along in our transformative, performative reading of it as we make fair use on his insights, with fresh scholarly commentary from me, and allow it to shape our understanding of American Politics. This is part 10 in a series on The Republican Professor Podcast, an introduction to theological reflection on American government. Here, we continue the topic of the nature and power of "ideology" in Communist Socialist and National Socialist (sometimes called by others fascistic socialism/fascism). Our very special guest today is, once again, the esteemed and long-time Professor of Theology at the University of Hamburg, Helmut Thielicke. And I've invited Professor Thielicke to join us today through my transformative, performative reading (with my scholarly commentary upon) and fair use of his teaching on this topic in his magisterial "Theological Ethics, Volume 2: Politics." My copy of the book was published in 1969 by Fortress Press. Please buy a copy of the book and follow along with our study of this material. Please, please support your brick and mortar used book dealers as well. Professor Thielicke died before we were able to invite him in person as a guest on the podcast. Thanks to Fortress Press, the book is still in print and would be a valuable addition, indeed, to your personal library. Please support the work of Fortress Press and buy the book, and check out the other selections that they carry, as well. The Republican Professor Podcast is a pro-deeply-conversing-on-the-theological-aspects-of-the-nature-of-government podcast. Therefore, welcome Professor Helmut Thielicke ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/

Part 3 of a series on the history of Israel based on a fair use and transformative reading of "Israel and the Nations: From the Exodus to the Fall of the Second Temple" (Eerdmans, 1963) by FF Bruce. This episode includes interaction with his chapter III entitled "The Reign of David 1010 to 970 BC" by the Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis, FF Bruce, my intellectual and spiritual grandfather because he mentored my professor Bruce Demarest who himself studied under FF Bruce at the University of Manchester. We're going to do a fair use and make a transformative reading of this material. We'd like to thank Eerdmans for making it available and thank FF Bruce for writing it. It also contains multiple references to Deuteronomy 17. The Republican Professor is a pro-biblical-literacy, pro-Christmas, pro-quality-mentoring, pro-understanding-the-history-of-Israel podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D

Part 3: 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 Preface and Chapter 1 last time (13 Nov 2025) and this time we continue with the first half of Chapter 2, pp. 7 to 16 at the top. 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 making this material available in publishing it. Consider supporting CATO with a financial donation so that they can continue providing quality resources for discussion. Tell a friend about their resources. The Republican Professor is a pro-appropriate-judicial-activism podcast. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

We cover immigration today with Mark Krikorian's excellent short book review in Claremont Review of Books, Spring 2025 on page 16 of the physical print edition you get in the mail four times a year when you subscribe for a nominal charge. We do a fair use and do a transformative reading of this material. We'd like to thank Claremont Review of Books for making this material available. We'd like to thank Mark Krikorian for writing it. As of the day of recording, the piece was available to the public on the website. Just go to the website and search "Mi Casa" and follow along. But it's best to subscribe so you get the hard copies in the mail. I highly recommend that you support CRB. Subscribe today at https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ You won't regret it. The Republican Professor is a pro-self-government podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

We're introducing The Trivium today in conversation with Sister Miriam Joseph, Ph.D., who joins us through her writing teaching ministry in "The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric" originally published in 1937. We'd like to thank Sister Miriam Joseph for writing this and we'd like to thank Paul Dry Books 2002 for making this particular edition available to readers (edited by Marguerite McGlinn). We're doing a fair use and transformative reading, and would encourage you to go out and get yourself a physical copy of this book. Whether used or new, or even a different edition, if you can find it, get the book, a physical copy you can hold in your hand, and follow along with the discussion. The Republican Professor is a pro-Trivium-done-right podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Last week on the 22nd of December, Republican appointed federal Judge Roger Benitez (Cuban ethnicity) struck down the Democrat mandated lying to parents in the K-12 school system. Unusual behavior or conduct of a student at school isn't grounds for a violation of Constitutional rights, Benitez held in Mirabelli v. Olson (Filed 22 Dec 2025), available here : https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63d954d4e4ad424df7819d46/6949e11ea6bae817c8eaf637_Dkt%20%20307_MSJ%20Order.pdf We cover thru the first half of page 10. We'll continue from there next time. This episode includes a reading from Psalm 150, the very last Psalm, in the King James Version of the Bible. The Republican Professor is a pro-anti-tax-funded-abuse-of-parents podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

One can see the true heart--none at all--of the Democrats' so-called concern for the most vulnerable among us in Jaime Caetano v. Massachusetts. That is to say, one can see the Democrats' utter contempt for the most vulnerable among us, like Jaime Caetano. This case was decided decided just a month after Justice Scalia died, in March of 2016. They criminalized a woman for innocent conduct. The Republicans corrected this. Democrats and some Republicans have made the grave error of upending the true purpose of government : by criminalizing paradigmatically innocent conduct. Governments aren't supposed to do that. Where criminalization of innocent conduct has occurred, it needs to be decriminalized. All tyrannies have this in common : they criminalize innocent conduct. That's what makes a government evil. What do all tyrannies do ? They criminalize innocent conduct. The Republican Professor is a pro-non-and decriminalization-of-innocent-conduct podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

We finish Chief Justice Roberts' Opinion for the Court today for Part 4d of this deep dive as we continue the Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (2024) decision that overruled Chevron (1984), Chief Justice Roberts' Opinion for the Court starting from from his page 23 Roman Numeral III, letter B number 2 in the Slip Opinion through to the end of the Opinion of the Court on the bottom of page 35. We have one more episode in this Deep Dive after this one to do the concurrences by Thomas and Gorsuch. This is the 15th Chevron Deference Deep Dive episode we've done on TRP podcast since winter 2024. And here it is winter 2025. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-451_7m58.pdf (603 U.S. _____ (2024) of the Opinion of the Court written by Chief Justice Roberts. We will pick up with the Republican concurrences in Loper Bright next time. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-separation-of-powers podcast. Donate a gift to keep the podcast going on Venmo at-sign no space TheRepublicanProfessor or https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Part 2 of a series on the history of Israel based on a fair use and transformative reading of "Israel and the Nations: From the Exodus to the Fall of the Second Temple" (Eerdmans, 1963) by FF Bruce. This episode includes interaction with his chapter II entitled "The Philistines and the Hebrew Monarchy" by Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis, FF Bruce, my intellectual and spiritual grandfather because he mentored my professor Bruce Demarest who studied under FF Bruce at the University of Manchester. This episode includes a reading from Luke 1 and 2 (entire) and part of Chapter 3 starting at verse 23 -- the genealogy of Jesus on Joseph's side back to Adam and to God) in the ESV. It also contains multiple references to Deuteronomy 17. We're going to do a fair use and make a transformative reading of this material. We'd like to thank Eerdmans for making it available and thank FF Bruce for writing it. The Republican Professor is a pro-biblical-literacy, pro-Christmas, pro-quality-mentoring, pro-understanding-the-history-of-Israel podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

We want to thank Free Press for making this material available and thank D'Souza for writing it. Thank you, Dinesh. We continue our discussion of Dinesh D'Souza's Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus (NY, NY: Free Press, 1991) starting up at page 5 through page 12 in his chapter 1 called "Victims Revolution on Campus." We do 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 Manitou Springs, Colorado. Thanks to my Grandpa Mather for sending me those 4 years. The book is "Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus" (NY, New York: Free Press, 1991) by a very young Dinesh D'Souza. We want to encourage you to buy the book either used or new. Throw some money at the publisher for the book to reward them for publishing good books. Follow D'Souza on social media and check out his films as well as his books. Get the book and follow along. We want to thank Free Press for making this material available and thank D'Souza for writing it. Thank you, Dinesh. This episode includes a reading of Psalm 8 (KJV) as well as the January 23rd selection from Streams in the Desert (Cowman, Los Feliz Lost Angeles, 1925). Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Why the Court's majority is wrong in Bostock v. Clayton County Georgia (2020)(part 9 in a series) about the 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 continues to be a real hoot. Part 9: 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 dispute, how to understand it, and what to do about it. We continue discussing the Republican dissenting opinion of Justice Alito (joined by Thomas) from his Roman numeral I.B through his II.C, stopping at but not commencing his II.D. We'll have one more episode of Alito's dissent (joined by Thomas) and and then one further one on Kavanaugh's dissent, so two more episodes on this Supreme Court case. Part 9. The Republican Professor is a pro-separation-of-powers-rightly-construed podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Our guest today is Dr. Owen Anderson, Ph.D., a tenured Republican professor at Arizona State University, who stood up for Dennis Prager, Charlie Kirk, logic and reason at the school when it has not been popular to do. Follow Dr. Anderson at @dr_owenanderson on Tweeter and check out his Substack as well at https://drowenanderson.substack.com/ The Republican Professor a pro-Logic-and-Reason, pro-keeping-Higher-Education-distinct-from-police podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Owen Anderson, Ph.D. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

There are lessons for American Political Development in poignant political phenomenology of Europe by Christopher Caldwell in Claremont Review of Books' Summer 2019 edition. We discuss his excellent piece, "Why Hasn't Brexit Happened ?" on the physical copy's pp. 33-42. We make a fair use and transformative reading of this material with application to American Political Development (APD). CRB has generously made this material available for you to follow along on their website. We want to thank Claremont Review of Books for making this material available. Go to ClaremontReviewofBooks.com to subscribe for a very reasonable price and get the hard copies with aesthetically pleasing artwork and thoughtful though accessible essays in your physical mailbox. The Republican Professor is a pro-Claremont-Review-of-Books podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

We continue our discussion of an entry in the 1963 Rand McNally publication, edited by Leonard Strauss and Joseph Cropsey, called "History of Political Philosophy." This episode contains discussion of pages 72 thru the middle of page 80 covering Book I of the Politics. 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. We continue our discussion of Harry Jaffa on Aristotle, pp. 72 thru the middle of page 80 covering Book I of Aristotle's Politics, discussing 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). Jaffa also wrote one of the most influential phenomenological comparisons of the Democratic and the Republican parties using classical political philosophy for the political phenomenology in "Crisis of the House Divided" (University of Chicago Press) This episode includes a reading from Psalm 143 (KJV) and Streams in the Desert January 22nd (Cowman Publications: Los Feliz Station Lost Angeles, Calif. 1925). The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-political-philosophy right podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

This is Part 8 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 where the government is a defendant. He titles chapter "Takings and Torts," because he's taking a look at political philosophy and the American constitutional order, how these things interact using argument by analogy with the common law/private law tradition, ensconced as it is in the purpose of the Constitution. That moral purpose is the protection of individual liberty against claims by a simple majority in a democracy, or by the government in a taking of private property. Today we discuss the subsection on the Federal Tort Claims Act from pp. 41-47, Excellent stuff here. Excellent. Every college student should read this book. It's a superb introduction to the political philosophy of the American regime. Praise the Lord. We'd like to thank Harvard University Press for making this material available and Richard Epstein for writing it. Make sure you buy the book and follow along. It's very important for you to have your own copy on your own bookshelf, and to begin to master this material. Support your local book dealer. See if they have a copy of it, or if they'd mind keeping an eye out for you. I always encourage buying physical books, objects you can have, hold, cherish, learn from, display on your bookshelf as a topic of conversation, things you can pass on to the next generation with your notes in them, things that do not depend upon electricity. Toward that end: Go to Harvard University Press for more selections available for purchase. Please support the publisher and your local booksellers. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-contemplating-property-rights podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Part 1 of a series on the history of Israel based on a fair use and transformative reading of "Israel and the Nations: From the Exodus to the Fall of the Second Temple" (Eerdmans, 1963) by FF Bruce. This episode includes interaction with the Introduction and second chapter entitled "Israel's Beginnings" by Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis, FF Bruce, my intellectual and spiritual grandfather because he mentored my professor Bruce Demarest who studied under FF Bruce at the University of Manchester. We're going to do a fair use and make a transformative reading of this material. We'd like to thank Eerdmans for making it available and thank FF Bruce for writing it. The Republican Professor is a pro-quality-mentoring, pro-understanding-the-history-of-Israel podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

For Part 4c of this deep dive we continue the Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (2024) decision that overruled Chevron (1984), Chief Justice Roberts' Opinion for the Court starting from from his page 13 Roman Numeral II.C in the Slip Opinion through Roman Numeral III, letter B number 1, stopping at number 2 on the bottom of page 23. We have one more episode after this one. This is the 14th Chevron Deference Deep Dive episode we've done on TRP podcast since winter 2024. And here it is fall 2025. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-451_7m58.pdf (603 U.S. _____ (2024) of the Opinion of the Court written by Chief Justice Roberts. We will pick up with Chief Justice Roberts' Opinion for the Court at the top of his page 23 bottom, Roman Numeral III.B no.2 next time. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-separation-of-powers podcast. Donate a gift to keep the podcast going on Venmo at-sign no space TheRepublicanProfessor or https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

We're starting the chapter called "Sex." Chapter 3. We discuss his first sub-chapter, "The GI Generation and Its Failures." 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 finish chapter 2, Race, today, including the crucial subsections pertaining to the origins of political correctness. 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 mortar book dealers, you local book dealers. I'd like to thank my former political philosophy student Matt Stone (Phil M03: Social and Political Philosophy at Moorpark College, Spring 2008) for purchasing my copy of the book for me and supporting TRP podcast. Let's foster a culture that values good authors and good books, physical books, and honors and rewards publishers for making those books available for us to read and to think about. Please support this author and this publisher. Also, support your local brick and mortar book dealer, dealers in physical books. This episode was filmed the morning the day after Thanksgiving Day, Friday of color 28 November 2025 years after Jesus in the backyard of my long-time (nearly a quarter of a century) Epistemology mentor Dr. Doug Geivett (PhD, USC under Dallas Willard), a student himself of the famous late-great Republican professor, the late-great Dallas Willard of USC's Philosophy Department. This episode includes a reading of Psalm 130 (ESV) and Streams in the Desert January 21st (Cowman Publications: Los Feliz Station, Lost Angeles , California 1925 years after Jesus). The Republican Professor is a pro-political-phenomeonology-done-right podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Part 4 of 4 on the Intro. "The American Founders read the Bible," Oxford University Rhodes Scholar Daniel Dreisbach says in his first sentence of his Oxford University Press book. "They knew the Bible from cover to cover." "Its ideas shaped their habits of mind." "Biblical language and themes "The Bible left its mark on the political culture of the era." We had the author, Dr. Daniel L. Dreisbach, D.Phil. (Oxford), JD (University of Virginia Law School) on the podcast for Thanksgiving, Fall 2022. This is a special book for a special time of year: Thanksgiving going into Advent. We're going to make a fair use, do a transformative reading of the book. We'd like to thank Dr. Dreisbach for writing this, and thank Oxford University Press for making it available. Support publishers when they make something worth reading. Support the publisher and throw some bidness their way. Support your brick and mortar book dealer. This episode was filmed late on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday 27 November 2025 years after Jesus in the backyard of my long-time (nearly a quarter of a century) Epistemology mentor Dr. Doug Geivett (PhD, USC under Dallas Willard), a student himself of the famous late-great Republican professor, the late-great Dallas Willard of USC's Philosophy Department. This episode includes a reading of Streams in the Desert January 20th (Cowman Publications: Los Feliz Station, Lost Angeles , California 1925 years after Jesus). The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-and-adequately-articulating-the-Bible's-appropriate-influence-on-American-politics podcast. Therefore, welcome again, through his writing, Dr. Daniel L. Dreisbach, D.Phil., J.D. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Part 3 of 4 on the Intro. "The American Founders read the Bible," Oxford University Rhodes Scholar Daniel Dreisbach says in his first sentence of his Oxford University Press book. "They knew the Bible from cover to cover." "Its ideas shaped their habits of mind." "Biblical language and themes "The Bible left its mark on the political culture of the era." We had the author, Dr. Daniel L. Dreisbach, D.Phil. (Oxford), JD (University of Virginia Law School) on the podcast for Thanksgiving, Fall 2022. This is a special book for a special time of year: Thanksgiving going into Advent. We're going to make a fair use, do a transformative reading of the book. We'd like to thank Dr. Dreisbach for writing this, and thank Oxford University Press for making it available. Support publishers when they make something worth reading. Support the publisher and throw some bidness their way. Support your brick and mortar book dealer. This episode was filmed the day before Thanksgiving Day, Wed 26 November 2025 years after Jesus in the backyard of my long-time (nearly a quarter of a century) Epistemology mentor Dr. Doug Geivett (PhD, USC under Dallas Willard), a student himself of the famous late-great Republican professor, the late-great Dallas Willard of USC's Philosophy Department. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-and-adequately-articulating-the-Bible's-appropriate-influence-on-American-politics podcast. Therefore, welcome again, through his writing, Dr. Daniel L. Dreisbach, D.Phil., J.D. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

On this day before Thanksgiving, Wed. 26 Nov. 2025 our topic is what I wrote about for Orange County Gun Owners/San Diego County Gun Owners blog (now published at Gun Owners Radio blog) 9 April 2020, what I called then "Two Types of Self Defense." One type is against the threat the immoral criminal aggressor -- the training appropriate to that threat might involve self defense training with weapons or martial arts and situational awareness. The second type of self defense, though, is self defense against the criminal justice system that wrongly sides with the immoral criminal against victims trying to defend themselves. Michael Schwartz posted my guest post but you can see my name in the byline as the author. You can read my 9 April 2020 article on Gun Owners Radio blog here : https://gunownersradio.com/two-types-of-self-defense/ Retired Army Ranger Captain Barry D. Todd describes his experience with both types of self defense in his book "Stand Your Ground: One Man's Self-Defense Nightmare." It's available on Barnes and Noble or Amazon or on the Defense Resources Foundation website, DefenseResourcesFoundation.org . The best way to get the book is to visit standyourgroundbook.com . The foundation he started is dedicated to preventing this kind of victimization of victims by our criminal justice system. There is a link to donate. Enjoy our conversation, buy the book and read it, and enjoy your Thanksgiving 2025. This episode was filmed on the Wednesday afternoon before Thanksgiving Day, Wednesday 26 November 2025 years after Jesus in the study of my long-time (nearly a quarter of a century) Epistemology mentor Dr. Doug Geivett (PhD, USC under Dallas Willard), a student himself of the famous late-great Republican professor, the late-great Dallas Willard of USC's Philosophy Department. The Republican Professor is a pro-two-types-of-self-defense, pro-standing-your-ground podcast. Therefore, welcome CAPT Barry D. Todd (US Army Ranger, ret.) ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Part 2 of 4 here was interrupted by a Great Horned Owl encounter. "The American Founders read the Bible," Oxford University Rhodes Scholar Daniel Dreisbach says in his first sentence of his Oxford University Press book. "They knew the Bible from cover to cover." "Its ideas shaped their habits of mind." "Biblical language and themes "The Bible left its mark on the political culture of the era." We had the author, Dr. Daniel L. Dreisbach, D.Phil. (Oxford), JD (University of Virginia Law School) on the podcast for Thanksgiving, Fall 2022. This is a special book for a special time of year: Thanksgiving going into Advent. We're going to make a fair use, do a transformative reading of the book. We'd like to thank Dr. Dreisbach for writing this, and thank Oxford University Press for making it available. Support publishers when they make something worth reading. Support the publisher and throw some bidness their way. Support your brick and mortar book dealer. This episode was filmed the Monday of Thanksgiving week, Monday 24 November 2025 years after Jesus in the backyard of my long-time (nearly a quarter of a century) Epistemology mentor Dr. Doug Geivett (PhD, USC under Dallas Willard), a student himself of the famous late-great Republican professor, the late-great Dallas Willard of USC's Philosophy Department. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-and-adequately-articulating-the-Bible's-appropriate-influence-on-American-politics podcast. Therefore, welcome again, through his writing, Dr. Daniel L. Dreisbach, D.Phil., J.D. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Part 1 of 4: "The American Founders read the Bible," Oxford University Rhodes Scholar Daniel Dreisbach says in his first sentence of his Oxford University Press book. "They knew the Bible from cover to cover." "Its ideas shaped their habits of mind." "Biblical language and themes "The Bible left its mark on the political culture of the era." We had the author, Dr. Daniel L. Dreisbach, D.Phil. (Oxford), JD (University of Virginia Law School) on the podcast for Thanksgiving, Fall 2022. This is a special book for a special time of year: Thanksgiving going into Advent. We're going to make a fair use, do a transformative reading of the book. We'd like to thank Dr. Dreisbach for writing this, and thank Oxford University Press for making it available. Support publishers when they make something worth reading. Support the publisher and throw some bidness their way. Support your brick and mortar book dealer. This episode was filmed the Saturday before Thanksgiving week, Saturday 22 November 2025 years after Jesus in the backyard of my long-time (nearly a quarter of a century) Epistemology mentor Dr. Doug Geivett (PhD, USC under Dallas Willard), a student himself of the famous late-great Republican professor, the late-great Dallas Willard of USC's Philosophy Department. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-and-adequately-articulating-the-Bible's-appropriate-influence-on-American-politics podcast. Therefore, welcome again, through his writing, Dr. Daniel L. Dreisbach, D.Phil., J.D. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

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 finish chapter 2, Race, today, including the crucial subsections pertaining to the origins of political correctness. 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 mortar book dealers, you local book dealers. I'd like to thank my former political philosophy student Matt Stone (Phil M03: Social and Political Philosophy at Moorpark College, Spring 2008) for purchasing my copy of the book for me and supporting TRP podcast. Let's foster a culture that values good authors and good books, physical books, and honors and rewards publishers for making those books available for us to read and to think about. Please support this author and this publisher. Also, support your brick and mortar book dealers, dealers in physical books. This episode was filmed on the Tuesday afternoon before Thanksgiving week, Tuesday 21 November 2025 years after Jesus in the study of my long-time (nearly a quarter of a century) Epistemology mentor Dr. Doug Geivett (PhD, USC under Dallas Willard), a student himself of the famous late-great Republican professor, the late-great Dallas Willard of USC's Philosophy Department. The Republican Professor is a pro-political-phenomeonology-done-right podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

This episode begins with a narrative of the host on a Christian view of the Second Amendment folding right into part 3 of 3 in Ortega v. Grisham (19 August 2025, 10th Circuit). "[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 3 of a 3-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 panel split along Republican/Democrat lines , 2 to 1, with both George W. Bush and Trump Republicans on the same side of the Constitution against an Obama judge. Here's a link to the decision. https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/opinions/010111284574.pdf We finish that story in this part 3 of 3 part series here on The Republican Professor podcast. This episode includes a reading of Psalm 85 (ESV) and Streams in the Desert January 19th (Cowman Publications: Los Feliz Station, Lost Angeles , California 1925 years after Jesus). This episode was filmed in the study of my long-time (nearly a quarter of a century) Epistemology mentor Dr. Doug Geivett (PhD, USC under Dallas Willard), a student himself of the famous late-great Republican professor, the late-great Dallas Willard of USC's Philosophy Department. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-the-Second-Amendment's-moral-and-legal-boundaries, anti-silly-prohibitions podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

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 Republican Party in American politics, and who, as such, influenced me profoundly through my mentors, who were mentored by him (for example, Michael M. Uhlmann, my mentor for over a decade). Jaffa, like Dallas Willard (USC philosophy dept) is thus one of my intellectual grandfathers. In fact, I've recorded this episode today from the study of my Epistemology professor and mentor for nearly 25 years, Dr. Doug Geivett (Ph.D., USC) himself a student of the late great Dr. Dallas Willard, Ph.D. The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-political-philosophy right podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

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: 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 making this material available in publishing it. Consider supporting CATO with a financial donation so that they can continue providing quality resources for discussion. Tell a friend about their resources. This episode includes a reading at the end of Psalm 51 (KJV) and January 18th of Streams in the Desert (Cowman: Los Feliz Station Lost Angeles, CA 1925). The Republican Professor is a pro-appropriate-judicial-activism podcast. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

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 dispute, how to understand it, and what to do about it. We cover the Republican dissenting opinion of Justice Alito (joined by Thomas) through his Roman numeral I through the rest of subsection A. Part 8. This episode begins with a Chaplain's Corner reading from Psalm 32 KJV and Streams in the Desert 17 Jan (Cowman Publications Lost Feliz Station Lost Angeles Calif 1925 non-woke edition) The Republican Professor is a pro-separation-of-powers-rightly-construed podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

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. 46 thru 52, finishing that chapter from last year (see 15 Nov 2024, "Law and Ideology" for the last episode in this series). Our return guest today on The Republican Professor Podcast is the former professor of Theology at the University of Hamburg in West Germany, Dr. Helmut Thielicke, Ph.D., D.Theol. (Philosophy and Theology). Professor Thielicke once again joins us through his teaching in his Theological Ethics, Vol. 2: Politics. My copy was purchased at Old Capitol Books (new location) in Monterey, California, across from Nick the Greek restaurant on Alvarado Street (their old location was 559 Tyler, Monterey, CA, across from the Peet's Coffee and was formerly Book Haven for many years), and is a hard copy published in 1969 by Fortress Press and edited by William H. Lazareth. Thielicke died before he was able to come on to The Republican Professor Podcast. We thank Fortress Press for making the book available. Check out their catalogue for a full listing of their very interesting titles, and buy one. Get a copy of this for yourself and following along in our transformative, performative reading of it as we make fair use on his insights, with fresh scholarly commentary from me, and allow it to shape our understanding of American Politics. This is part 9 in a series on The Republican Professor Podcast, an introduction to theological reflection on American government. Here, we continue the topic of the nature and power of "ideology" in Communist Socialist and National Socialist (sometimes called by others fascistic socialism/fascism). Our very special guest today is, once again, the esteemed and long-time Professor of Theology at the University of Hamburg, Helmut Thielicke. And I've invited Professor Thielicke to join us today through my transformative, performative reading (with my scholarly commentary upon) and fair use of his teaching on this topic in his magisterial "Theological Ethics, Volume 2: Politics." My copy of the book was published in 1969 by Fortress Press. Please buy a copy of the book and follow along with our study of this material. Here's a link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/Theological-Ethics-Politics-Helmut-Thielicke/dp/0802817920 Please, please support your brick and mortar used book dealers as well. Professor Thielicke died before we were able to invite him in person as a guest on the podcast. Thanks to Fortress Press, the book is still in print and would be a valuable addition, indeed, to your personal library. Please support the work of Fortress Press and buy the book, and check out the other selections that they carry, as well. The Republican Professor Podcast is a pro-deeply-conversing-on-the-theological-aspects-of-the-nature-of-government podcast. Therefore, welcome Professor Helmut Thielicke ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/

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 "escaping the Progressive cult." The book is called "Deprogramming Democrats," available as a physical copy to be created and sent on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and on her website here https://deprogrammingdemocrats.com/ The full title and subtitle of the book is "Deprogramming Democrats and unEducating the Elites: How I Escaped the Progressive Cult" (Liberty Hill Publishing, 2024). The Republican Professor is a pro-escaping-the-"progressive"-cult podcast. Therefore, welcome Lisa Ekman ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

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 for the purpose of protecting individual liberty. We're going to make a fair use and do a transformative reading of the piece. Dr. Uhlmann died just months after this was published and so we are unable to have him as a guest on the podcast. We'd like to thank Claremont Review of Books for publishing Mike's "Full Court Press," the piece we interact with here, on Wallison's book. Go to ClaremontReviewofBooks.com for subscription options, and throw some support their way. You can find Summer 2019's "Full Court Press" written by Dr. Uhlmann there. We'd like to thank the late great Michael M. Uhlmann for his mentorship and professorship and for writing this, bringing this wonderful Wallison book to our attention. Go out and buy a copy of the Wallison book -- his books are excellent. What Wallison was calling for in that book partially took place last year when Republicans on the US Supreme Court reversed 1984's (no pun intended) Chevron decision. The Republican Professor is a pro-separation-of-powers-protecting-individual-liberty podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

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 mortar book dealers, you local book dealers. I'd like to thank my former political philosophy student Matt Stone (Phil M03: Social and Political Philosophy at Moorpark College, Spring 2008) for purchasing my copy of the book for me and supporting TRP podcast. Let's foster a culture that values good authors and good books, physical books, and honors and rewards publishers for making those books available for us to read and to think about. Please support this author and this publisher. The Republican Professor is a pro-political-phenomeonology-done-right podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

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 where the government is a defendant. He titles chapter "Takings and Torts," because he's taking a look at political philosophy and the American constitutional order, how these things interact using argument by analogy with the common law/private law tradition, ensconced as it is in the purpose of the Constitution. That moral purpose is the protection of individual liberty against claims by a simple majority in a democracy, or by the government in a taking of private property. Excellent stuff here. Excellent. Every college student should read this book. It's a superb introduction to the political philosophy of the American regime. Praise the Lord. We'd like to thank Harvard University Press for making this material available and Richard Epstein for writing it. Make sure you buy the book and follow along. It's very important for you to have your own copy on your own bookshelf, and to begin to master this material. Support your local book dealer. See if they have a copy of it, or if they'd mind keeping an eye out for you. I always encourage buying physical books, objects you can have, hold, cherish, learn from, display on your bookshelf as a topic of conversation, things you can pass on to the next generation with your notes in them, things that do not depend upon electricity. Toward that end: Go to Harvard University Press for more selections available for purchase. Please support the publisher and your local booksellers. This special episode includes readings from "Streams in the Desert" January 16th (Cowman Publications, Los Angeles Los Feliz Station, 1925) and Psalm 25 at the very end of the episode. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-contemplating-property-rights podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

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 Angeles, Calif.) January 15th. The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-theology's-application-to-public-policy-correct podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Support the podcast. Buy me a cup of coffee or ten here : https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

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.pdf The 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 pro-correctly-articulating-and-defending-the-Second-Amendment podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

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: https://www.instagram.com/micahkunkle TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@micahkunkle X: https://x.com/realMicahKunkle Micah went to the Charlie Kirk memorial and shares his experience there. He is a wonderful example of what quality home-schooling can produce in a United States citizen. The Republican Professor is a pro-debating-done-right, pro-mentoring-the-young, pro-homeschooling-done-right podcast. Therefore, welcome Micah Kunkle ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

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 dissents, how to understand it, and what to do about it. We cover the Republican dissenting opinion written by Justice Alito (joined by Justice Thomas) through Roman numeral I letter A. Part 7. The Republican Professor is a pro-separation-of-powers-rightly-construed podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

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 Psalm 84 (KJV) and Streams in the Desert January 14th (Cowman Publications: Los Feliz Station Lost Angeles, Calif. 1925). The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-political-philosophy right podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

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 making this material available in publishing it. Consider supporting CATO with a financial donation so that they can continue providing quality resources for discussion. Tell a friend about their resources. This episode includes a reading at the end of Psalm 61 (KJV) and January 13th of Streams in the Desert (Cowman: Los Feliz Station Lost Angeles, CA 1925). The Republican Professor is a pro-appropriate-judicial-activism podcast. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

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 Manitou Springs, Colorado. Thanks to my Grandpa Mather for sending me those 4 years. The book is "Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus" (NY, New York: Free Press, 1991) by a very young Dinesh D'Souza. We want to encourage you to buy the book either used or new. Throw some money at the publisher for the book to reward them for publishing good books. Follow D'Souza on social media and check out his films as well as his books. Get the book and follow along. We want to thank Free Press for making this material available and thank D'Souza for writing it. Thank you, Dinesh. This episode includes a reading of Psalms 42 and 43 (KJV) as well as the January 12th selection from Streams in the Desert (Cowman, Los Feliz Lost Angeles, 1925). Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

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 Afghanistan veteran and Seminary trained in Philosophy and Apologetics. The Republican Professor is a pro-Christians-who-get-the-Second-Amendment-right, pro-Charlie-Kirk podcast. Therefore, welcome back Marine Corps veteran Matthew Kirby! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

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 the book so that you can follow along. Please support brick and mortar book dealers, you local book dealers. I'd like to thank my former political philosophy student Matt Stone (Phil M03: Social and Political Philosophy at Moorpark College, Spring 2008) for purchasing my copy of the book for me and supporting TRP podcast. Let's foster a culture that values good authors and good books, physical books, and honors and rewards publishers for making those books available for us to read and to think about. Please support this author and this publisher. The Republican Professor is a pro-political-phenomeonology-done-right podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Part 2 of Ortega v. Grisham. Part 1 was 29 Aug 2025. "[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 panel split along Republican/Democrat lines , 2 to 1, with both George W. Bush and Trump Republicans on the same side of the Constitution against an Obama judge. Here's a link to the decision. For some reason, the text I was reading on the podcast didn't display properly on the recording, but you can follow along here. https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/opinions/010111284574.pdf We begin that story in a mulit-part part series here on The Republican Professor podcast. This episode includes a reading of Psalm 23 (KJV) and Streams in the Desert January 10th (Cowman Publications: Los Feliz Station, Lost Angeles , California 1925 years after Jesus). The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-the-Second-Amendment's-moral-and-legal-boundaries, anti-silly-prohibitions podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

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, Calif.) January 9th. The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-theology's-application-to-public-policy-correct podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Support the podcast. Buy me a cup of coffee or ten here : https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

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. Starting at minute 14, there's a Chaplain's Corner which includes a reading from Psalm 73 NIV and January 8th Streams in the Desert (Cowman Publications 1925 non woke edition). 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 included under "sex discrimination" language in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act -- a real hoot. Part 6: 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 dispute, how to understand it, and what to do about it. We cover the rest of Gorsuch's Opinion for the Court. We'll the Republican dissenting opinions next time. Part 6. The Republican Professor is a pro-separation-of-powers-rightly-construed podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

This is Part 6 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 finishing chapter 3 in what Richard calls "Philosophical Preliminaries." He titles chapter 3 "The Integrity of the Constitutional Text" because he's taking a look at political philosophy and the American constitutional order, how these things interact. The sections in that chapter we cover in this episode are called "Historical Sources" and "Judicial Restraint and Judicial Activism,' as well as the short final section called "The Agenda." Excellent stuff here. Excellent. Every college student should read this book. It's a superb introduction to the political philosophy of the American regime. Praise the Lord. We'd like to thank Harvard University Press for making this material available and Richard Epstein for writing it. Make sure you buy the book and follow along. It's very important for you to have your own copy on your own bookshelf, and to begin to master this material. Support your local book dealer. See if they have a copy of it, or if they'd mind keeping an eye out for you. I always encourage buying physical books, objects you can have, hold, cherish, learn from, display on your bookshelf as a topic of conversation, things you can pass on to the next generation with your notes in them, things that do not depend upon electricity. Toward that end: Go to Harvard University Press for more selections available for purchase. Please support the publisher and your local booksellers. This special episode includes readings from "Streams in the Desert" January 7th (Cowman Publications, Los Angeles Los Feliz Station, 1925) and Psalm 63. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-contemplating-property-rights podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

The U.S. Constitution as proposed 17 Sept "in the year of our Lord" 1787. Read with skill by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. on 17 Sept 2025 years after Jesus. This special episode includes readings from "Streams in the Desert" January 6th (Cowman Publications, Los Angeles Los Feliz Station, 1925) and Psalm 16. The Republican Professor is a pro-Constitution, pro-back-to-basics podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To support the podcast, support it.

Mollie Hemingway, writing in Imprimis, a free publication made available by Hillsdale College (they will send it in the mail to you for free, and do for 7 million households) discusses the newly released Russia hoax documents. These documents were classified at the highest levels by Democrats in order to protect them from accountability. We're going to make a fair use of this material, perform a transformative reading of it. Again, check out Hillsdale College's Imprimis, sent monthly, for free, and send them some money if you like what you see. This episode includes a reading from the 1925 edition of "Streams in the Desert", January 5th, and from Psalms 4 and 11. The Republican Professor is a pro-separation-of-powers-protects-individual-liberty. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Today we take a brief look at what exactly Charlie Kirk did on college campuses--let's describe that well, ensconced as it was within and reacting to the cultural trend of anti-intellectual laziness that produced the need for that work, sometimes cloaked in the phrase "head knowledge" as opposed to "heart knowledge." Jesus never denigrated knowledge; instead he commanded us to love God with all of our minds. Charlie was animated by living out that command as best he could. Charlie was animated by living out that command as best he could and inspiring others to do the same by means of a spectacle or performance which when done well as it usually was attracted crowds. This is not the means by which head knowledge is usually cemented into a person's being, however. That process is hard and often boring. Ax me how I know. This episode includes a reading from the 1925 1st edition of "Streams in the Desert", January 4th. The episode culminates in our regular programming which is the beginning of a transformative reading and fair use of Chris Caldwell's "The Age of Entitlement" published by Simon and Schuster in 2020. 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 mortar book dealers, you local book dealers. I'd like to thank my former political philosophy student Matt Stone (Phil M03: Social and Political Philosophy at Moorpark College, Spring 2008) for purchasing my copy of the book for me and supporting TRP podcast. Let's foster a culture that values good authors and good books, physical books, and honors and rewards publishers for making those books available for us to read and to think about. Please support this author and this publisher. The Republican Professor is a pro-political-phenomeonology-done-right podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

I began recording this episode with knowledge that Charlie Kirk had been seriously wounded at a college campus. During the recording of the episode, right in the middle thereabouts, I found out he died, and so what was to be just the next in a series on Duncan v. Bonta, a final episode on VanDyke's powerful dissent to that en banc 9th Circuit case in March of this past year became a reaction to his assassination. So, therefore, this episode is in honor of Charlie Kirk. This episode includes a reading from the 1925 edition of "Streams in the Desert", January 3rd. In part D of VanDyke's Republican dissent in our series of dissents in the en banc resolution of Duncan v. Bonta (Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals, 20 March 2025), we continue and finish covering his reductio ad absurdum form of argument. This episode is part 4 of 4 of Judge VanDyke's epic dissent to that resolution which caught a lot of controversy because part of his dissent was a link to the following website : https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/media/23-55805/opinion , which, as you'll see, does not go to the Ninth Circuit federal government website but instead goes to YouTube, the Ninth Circuit's YouTube channel. The link for the en banc opinion of the Court as well as the dissents covered here can be found here : https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2025/03/20/23-55805.pdf These materials, the text and the video linked within the text of Judge VanDyke's dissent are in the public domain and have no copyright restrictions upon them. I have done the best I could, given the technology, to make a fair use of them with a transformative reading for educational purposes only. The controversy around the video includes not merely that Judge VanDyke, a Trump appointee to the Court, included video as a supplement embedded within his dissent, which he (and the Court) clearly consider to be official parts of his dissent, but what he filmed there in the federal courthouse in Reno, Nevada (probably, since that's where his chambers are according to the US Ninth Circuit's seniority website). He filmed, in his chambers, wearing his black robe, with views on the video to the tune of hundreds of thousands, a tote bag with his own guns, his own handguns, real firearms. He mentioned that the firearms used for the video were rendered inoperable, unloaded, and safe for purposes of the educational part of the dissent. He claimed to be filling in missing background information useful for understanding the record before the court, not for supplementing the record per se with his, the Judge's, testimony -- something that would be not only unusual but inappropriate. I'd love to hear what you think in the comments. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-civil-liberties podcast. Therefore, welcome Judge VanDyke . The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

This is part 2 of 2 of a fair use and transformative reading of an essay in one of my favorite publications. This is an engagement with an essay by Dr. William Voegeli, one of my favorite writers on American Politics, entitled "Now What? The Democrats After 2024" in Winter 2025 Claremont Review of Books pp -8-14, going from the bottom of p. 9 in the print edition through page 14.. The piece is accessible to the public at https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/now-what/ Kesler, Editor of the CRB, was one of my Ph.D. professors at Claremont Colleges (4 courses). We want to thank Claremont Review of Books for making this material available. Go to ClaremontReviewofBooks.com to subscribe for a very reasonable price and get the hard copies with aesthetically pleasing artwork and thoughtful though accessible essays in your physical mailbox. This episode includes a reading from the 1925 edition of "Streams in the Desert", January 2nd. The Republican Professor is a pro-Claremont-Review-of-Books, pro-correctly contemplating-contemporary-American-Politics, pro-Streams-in-the-Desert-original-edition-from-1925 podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

We're doing a fair use and transformative reading of part of an essay in one of my favorite publications. This is an engagement with an essay by Dr. William Voegeli, one of my favorite writers on American Politics, entitled "Now What? The Democrats After 2024" in Winter 2025 Claremont Review of Books pp 8-9. The piece is accessible to the public at https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/now-what/ Kesler, Editor of the CRB, was one of my Ph.D. professors at Claremont Colleges (4 courses). We want to thank Claremont Review of Books for making this material available. Go to ClaremontReviewofBooks.com to subscribe for a very reasonable price and get the hard copies with aesthetically pleasing artwork and thoughtful though accessible essays in your physical mailbox. This episode includes a reading from the 1925 edition of "Streams in the Desert", January 1st. The Republican Professor is a pro-Claremont-Review-of-Books podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

For Part 4b of this deep dive we continue the Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (2024) decision that overruled Chevron (1984), Chief Justice Roberts' Opinion for the Court starting from from his page 7 Roman Numeral II.A and B to the top of page 13 through to Roman Numeral II.C in the Slip Opinion. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-451_7m58.pdf (603 U.S. _____ (2024) of the Opinion of the Court written by Chief Justice Roberts. We will pick up with Chief Justice Roberts' Opinion for the Court at the top of his page 13, Roman Numeral II.C next time. Donate a gift to keep the podcast going on Venmo at-sign no space TheRepublicanProfessor or https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

On 19 August 2025, 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 panel split along Republican/Democrat lines , 2 to 1, with both George W. Bush and Trump Republicans on the same side of the Constitution against an Obama judge. Here's a link to the decision. For some reason, the text I was reading on the podcast didn't display properly on the YouBoob recording, but you can follow along here. https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/opinions/010111284574.pdf We begin that story in a two part series here on The Republican Professor podcast. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-the-Second-Amendment's-moral-and-legal-boundaries, anti-silly-prohibitions podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Part 4: We continue our timely coverage of Pope Leo XIII 's Rerum Novarum numbers 15 thru the end of 19 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. The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-theology's-application-to-public-policy-correct podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Support the podcast. Buy me a cup of coffee or ten here : https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather

This episode of TRP Podcast is dedicated to Uncle Tom Luckey of Humbolt, Tennessee. Today is his funeral at Antioch Baptist Church in Humbolt, not far from the farm on which he grew up and worked his entire life. The time stamps for Uncle Tom comments are as follows: 1) at the beginning, 2) minute 42-43, 3) the one hour mark, 4) and at the very ending few minutes. The rest is about why Gorsuch is wrong in Bostock v. Clayton County Georgia (2020)(part 5 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 -- a real hoot. Part 5: 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 dispute, how to understand it, and what to do about it. We cover Gorsuch's Opinion for the Court through his Roman Numeral III.A , and stop at his III.B. We'll cover his III.B next time. Part 5. The Republican Professor is a pro-separation-of-powers-rightly-construed podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

This is Part 5 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, finishing chapter 3 in what Richard calls "Philosophical Preliminaries." He titles chapter 3 "The Integrity of the Constitutional Text" because he's taking a look at political philosophy and the American constitutional order, how these things interact. Every college student should read this book. It's a superb introduction to the political philosophy of the American regime. Praise the Lord. We'd like to thank Harvard University Press for making this material available and Richard Epstein for writing it. Make sure you buy the book and follow along. It's very important for you to have your own copy on your own bookshelf, and to begin to master this material. Support your local book dealer. See if they have a copy of it, or if they'd mind keeping an eye out for you. I always encourage buying physical books, objects you can have, hold, cherish, learn from, display on your bookshelf as a topic of conversation, things you can pass on to the next generation with your notes in them, things that do not depend upon electricity. Toward that end: Go to Harvard University Press for more selections available for purchase. Please support the publisher and your local booksellers. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-contemplating-property-rights podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

In part C of VanDyke's Republican dissent in our series of dissents in the en banc resolution of Duncan v. Bonta (Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals, 20 March 2025), we continue covering his reductio ad absurdum form of argument. This episode is part 3 of Judge VanDyke's epic dissent to that resolution which caught a lot of controversy because part of his dissent was a link to the following website : https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/media/23-55805/opinion , which, as you'll see, does not go to the Ninth Circuit federal government website but instead goes to YouTube, the Ninth Circuit's YouTube channel. The link for the en banc opinion of the Court as well as the dissents covered here can be found here : https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2025/03/20/23-55805.pdf These materials, the text and the video linked within the text of Judge VanDyke's dissent are in the public domain and have no copyright restrictions upon them. I have done the best I could, given the technology, to make a fair use of them with a transformative reading for educational purposes only. The controversy around the video includes not merely that Judge VanDyke, a Trump appointee to the Court, included video as a supplement embedded within his dissent, which he (and the Court) clearly consider to be official parts of his dissent, but what he filmed there in the federal courthouse in Reno, Nevada (probably, since that's where his chambers are according to the US Ninth Circuit's seniority website). He filmed, in his chambers, wearing his black robe, with views on the video to the tune of hundreds of thousands, a tote bag with his own guns, his own handguns, real firearms. He mentioned that the firearms used for the video were rendered inoperable, unloaded, and safe for purposes of the educational part of the dissent. He claimed to be filling in missing background information useful for understanding the record before the court, not for supplementing the record per se with his, the Judge's, testimony -- something that would be not only unusual but inappropriate. I'd love to hear what you think in the comments. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-civil-liberties podcast. Therefore, welcome Judge VanDyke . The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

I reflect on the importance of mentoring. Recorded in Southern California 7 August 2025 years after Jesus. The Republican Professor is a pro-quality-mentoring podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

In part B of VanDyke's Republican dissent in our series of dissents in the en banc resolution of Duncan v. Bonta (Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals, 20 March 2025), we continue covering his reductio ad absurdum form of argument. This episode is part 2 of Judge VanDyke's epic dissent to that resolution which caught a lot of controversy because part of his dissent was a link to the following website : https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/media/23-55805/opinion , which, as you'll see, does not go to the Ninth Circuit federal government website but instead goes to YouTube, the Ninth Circuit's YouTube channel. The link for the en banc opinion of the Court as well as the dissents covered here can be found here : https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2025/03/20/23-55805.pdf These materials, the text and the video linked within the text of Judge VanDyke's dissent are in the public domain and have no copyright restrictions upon them. I have done the best I could, given the technology, to make a fair use of them with a transformative reading for educational purposes only. The controversy around the video includes not merely that Judge VanDyke, a Trump appointee to the Court, included video as a supplement embedded within his dissent, which he (and the Court) clearly consider to be official parts of his dissent, but what he filmed there in the federal courthouse in Reno, Nevada (probably, since that's where his chambers are according to the US Ninth Circuit's seniority website). He filmed, in his chambers, wearing his black robe, with views on the video to the tune of hundreds of thousands, a tote bag with his own guns, his own handguns, real firearms. He mentioned that the firearms used for the video were rendered inoperable, unloaded, and safe for purposes of the educational part of the dissent. He claimed to be filling in missing background information useful for understanding the record before the court, not for supplementing the record per se with his, the Judge's, testimony -- something that would be not only unusual but inappropriate. I'd love to hear what you think in the comments. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-civil-liberties podcast. Therefore, welcome Judge VanDyke . The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Part 4: 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 dispute, how to understand it, and what to do about it. We cover Gorsuch's Opinion for the Court through his Roman Numeral II.C and the first two paragraphs of Roman Numeral III only in this episode, and stop at his III.A. We'll cover his III.A next time. Part 4. The Republican Professor is a pro-separation-of-powers-rightly-construed podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

This is Part 4 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, finishing chapter 3 in what Richard calls "Philosophical Preliminaries." He titles chapter 3 "The Integrity of the Constitutional Text" because he's taking a look at political philosophy and the American constitutional order, how these things interact. Every college student should read this book. It's a superb introduction to the political philosophy of the American regime. Praise the Lord. We'd like to thank Harvard University Press for making this material available and Richard Epstein for writing it. Make sure you buy the book and follow along. It's very important for you to have your own copy on your own bookshelf, and to begin to master this material. Support your local book dealer. See if they have a copy of it, or if they'd mind keeping an eye out for you. I always encourage buying physical books, objects you can have, hold, cherish, learn from, display on your bookshelf as a topic of conversation, things you can pass on to the next generation with your notes in them, things that do not depend upon electricity. Toward that end: Go to Harvard University Press for more selections available for purchase. Please support the publisher and your local booksellers. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-contemplating-property-rights podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

For Part 4a of this deep dive we continue the Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (2024) decision that overruled Chevron (1984), Chief Justice Roberts' Opinion for the Court starting from from his page 1 to the top of page 7 in the Slip Opinion. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-451_7m58.pdf (603 U.S. _____ (2024) of the Opinion of the Court written by Chief Justice Roberts. We will pick up with Chief Justice Roberts' Opinion for the Court at the top of his page 7 next time. Donate a gift to keep the podcast going on Venmo at-sign no space TheRepublicanProfessor or https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Part 3: We continue our timely coverage of Pope Leo XIII 's Rerum Novarum numbers 13 and 14 this time in his condemnation of Socialism and collectivism against the individual rights of workers and families in 1891, when Socialism was increasingly popular in intellectual circles, setting the stage for the statisms of the 1900s. The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-theology's-application-to-public-policy-correct podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Support the podcast. Buy me a cup of coffee or ten here : https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather

This is the next episode in our series of dissents in the en banc resolution of Duncan v. Bonta (Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals, 20 March 2025). This episode is part 1 of Judge VanDyke's epic dissent in that resolution which caught a lot of controversy because part of his dissent was a link to the following website : https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/media/23-55805/opinion , which, as you'll see, does not go to the Ninth Circuit federal government website but instead goes to YouTube, the Ninth Circuit's YouTube channel. The link for the en banc opinion of the Court as well as the dissents covered here can be found here : https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2025/03/20/23-55805.pdf These materials, the text and the video linked within the text of Judge VanDyke's dissent are in the public domain and have no copyright restrictions upon them. I have done the best I could, given the technology, to make a fair use of them with a transformative reading for educational purposes only. The controversy around the video includes not merely that Judge VanDyke, a Trump appointee to the Court, included video as a supplement embedded within his dissent, which he (and the Court) clearly consider to be official parts of his dissent, but what he filmed there in the federal courthouse in Reno, Nevada (probably, since that's where his chambers are according to the US Ninth Circuit's seniority website. He filmed, in his chambers, wearing his black robe, with views on the video to the tune of hundreds of thousands, a tote bag with his own guns, his own handguns, real firearms. He mentioned that the firearms used for the video were rendered inoperable, unloaded, and safe for purposes of the educational part of the dissent. He claimed to be filling in missing background information useful for understanding the record before the court, not for supplementing the record per se with his, the Judge's, testimony -- something that would be not only unusual but inappropriate. I'd love to hear what you think in the comments. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-civil-liberties podcast. Therefore, welcome Judge VanDyke . The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

For Part 3f of this deep dive we continue the Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (2024) decision that overruled Chevron (1984), Kagan's dissent continued from her p. 24 (Roman Numeral III) through to the end of that Democrat dissent in the Slip Opinion. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-451_7m58.pdf (603 U.S. _____ (2024) of Kagan's dissent. We will pick up the rest of p.15 of that dissent next time. Footnotes: For the "novice/2 expert problem" I reference Alvin Goldman's "Social Epistemology" entry in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2006 version, available here: https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2006/entries/epistemology-social/ Be sure to cite your sources early and often. Donate a gift to keep the podcast going on Venmo at-sign no space TheRepublicanProfessor or https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

This is Part 3 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, finishing chapter 2 in what Richard calls "Philosophical Preliminaries." He titles chapter 2 "Hobbseian Man, Lockean World" because he's taking a look at political philosophy and the American constitutional order, how these things interact. Every college student should read this book. It's a superb introduction to the political philosophy of the American regime. Praise the Lord. We'd like to thank Harvard University Press for making this material available and Richard Epstein for writing it. Make sure you buy the book and follow along. It's very important for you to have your own copy on your own bookshelf, and to begin to master this material. Support your local book dealer. See if they have a copy of it, or if they'd mind keeping an eye out for you. I always encourage buying physical books, objects you can have, hold, cherish, learn from, display on your bookshelf as a topic of conversation, things you can pass on to the next generation with your notes in them, things that do not depend upon electricity. Toward that end: Go to Harvard University Press for more selections available for purchase. Please support the publisher and your local booksellers. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-contemplating-property-rights podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

We're continuing our fair use and transformative reading of the rest of an essay in one of my favorite publications. This is an engagement with an essay by TRP podcast guest Charles R. Kesler and one of my favorite writers on American Politics entitled "America's Red Shift" in Fall 2024 Claremont Review of Books. Kesler was also one of my Ph.D. professors at Claremont Colleges (4 courses). We pick up reading and commenting at "Kamala's Red Shift" on page 8, continuing to the end on page 12 in the hard cover edition. CRB has generously made this material available for you to follow along on their website. We want to thank Claremont Review of Books for making this material available. Go to ClaremontReviewofBooks.com to subscribe for a very reasonable price and get the hard copies with aesthetically pleasing artwork and thoughtful though accessible essays in your physical mailbox. The Republican Professor is a pro-Claremont-Review-of-Books podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

We're doing a fair use and transformative reading of part of an essay in one of my favorite publications. This is an engagement with an essay by TRP podcast guest Charles R. Kesler and one of my favorite writers on American Politics entitled "America's Red Shift" in Fall 2024 Claremont Review of Books. Kesler was also one of my Ph.D. professors at Claremont Colleges (4 courses). We want to thank Claremont Review of Books for making this material available. Go to ClaremontReviewofBooks.com to subscribe for a very reasonable price and get the hard copies with aesthetically pleasing artwork and thoughtful though accessible essays in your physical mailbox. The Republican Professor is a pro-Claremont-Review-of-Books podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

I read from the Signet Classics edition of The Federalist Papers, introduction and notes by Charles R. Kesler (a guest on the podcast and my professor at the Ph.D. level for the material presented, here). The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-understanding-American-organic-Law podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Nguyen v. Bonta , published 20 June 2025 . https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2025/06/20/24-2036.pdf The Republican Professor is a pro-poaching-Democrat-judges-in-support-of-the-2nd-Amendment podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Part 3: 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 dispute, how to understand it, and what to do about it. We cover Gorsuch's Opinion for the Court through his Roman Numeral II.B only in this episode, and stop at his II.C. We'll cover his II.C next time. Part 3. The Republican Professor is a pro-separation-of-powers-rightly-construed podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Part 2: 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 dispute, how to understand it, and what to do about it. We cover Gorsuch's Opinion for the Court through his Roman Numeral II A only in this episode, and stop at his II.B. We'll cover his II.B next time. Part 2. The Republican Professor is a pro-separation-of-powers-rightly-construed podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

We begin 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 dispute, how to understand it, and what to do about it. Part 1. The Republican Professor is a pro-separation-of-powers-rightly-construed podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Part 2: We continue our timely coverage of Pope Leo XIII 's Rerum Novarum numbers 7 through 12 this time in his condemnation of Socialism and collectivism against the individual rights of workers and families in 1891, when Socialism was increasingly popular in intellectual circles, setting the stage for the statisms of the 1900s. The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-theology's-application-to-public-policy-correct podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Support the podcast. Buy me a cup of coffee or ten here : https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather

Part 4 of 4 -- We pick up where we left off with Judge Bumatay's 20 March 2025 dissent in Duncan v. Bonta (en banc, 9th Circuit), using the uscourts.gov PDF pagination, going from p. 112 through to the end of Judge Bumatay's dissent at p. 124, available at the link below. https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2025/03/20/23-55805.pdf The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-contemplating-Constitutional-and-natural-rights podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

We finish our journey through the swirly twirly gumdrops of the Unitary Executive, our study of Justice Scalia's great dissent in Morrison v. Olson (1988) and what it teaches us about Separation of Powers as established by the Constitution of the United States of America. Part 7, going through Roman numeral five (V), entire. We stop and say hi to the Claremont Review of Books, Winter 2024-2025 edition, Charles R. Kesler's piece called "The Eruption of Mount Elon," along the way, available here : https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/the-eruption-of-mount-elon/ We thank Claremont Review of Books for making this material available. Go to their website and subscribe to get a hard copy mailed to you 4 times a year for a very good price. The Republican Professor is a pro-Separation-of-Powers-rightly-understood-executive-power-correctly-contemplated podcast. Therefore, welcome Justice Antonin Scalia to the podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To support the podcast, support it. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

This is Part 2 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 of chapter 2, still in what Richard calls "Philosophical Preliminaries." He titles chapter 2 "Hobbseian Man, Lockean World" because he's taking a look at political philosophy and the American constitutional order, how these things interact. Every college student should read this book. It's a superb introduction to the political philosophy of the American regime. Praise the Lord. We'd like to thank Harvard University Press for making this material available and Richard Epstein for writing it. Make sure you buy the book and follow along. It's very important for you to have your own copy on your own bookshelf, and to begin to master this material. Support your local book dealer. See if they have a copy of it, or if they'd mind keeping an eye out for you. I always encourage buying physical books, objects you can have, hold, cherish, learn from, display on your bookshelf as a topic of conversation, things you can pass on to the next generation with your notes in them, things that do not depend upon electricity. Toward that end: Go to Harvard University Press for more selections available for purchase. Please support the publisher and your local booksellers. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-contemplating-property-rights podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

For Part 3e of this deep dive we continue the Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (2024) decision that overruled Chevron (1984), Kagan's dissent continued from her p. 15 (Roman Numeral II) to her p. 24 at the top (Roman Numeral III) of that Slip Opinion. We go from p. 15 through to the top of her p. 24 stopping at Roman Numeral III of the Slip Opinion (603 U.S. _____ (2024) of Kagan's dissent. We will pick up the rest of p.15 of that dissent next time. Donate a gift to keep the podcast going on Venmo at-sign no space TheRepublicanProfessor or https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

We cover Pope Leo XIII 's Rerum Novarum numbers 1 through 6 in his condemnation of Socialism and collectivism against the individual rights of workers in 1891, when Socialism was increasingly popular in intellectual circles, setting the stage for the statisms of the 1900s. The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-theology's-application-to-public-policy-correct podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Support the podcast. Buy me a cup of coffee or ten here : https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather

Part 3 of 4 -- We pick up where we left off with Judge Bumatay's 20 March 2025 dissent in Duncan v. Bonta (en banc, 9th Circuit), using the uscourts.gov PDF pagination, going from the bottom of p. 92 to the top of p. 112 stopping at his Roman Numeral III, available at the link below. https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2025/03/20/23-55805.pdf The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-contemplating-Constitutional-and-natural-rights podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

This was the first speech I gave in front of my Grandpa, James A. Mather (26 Feb 1923 -- 14 May 2025). He was 97 years young at this speech going to the gym 3 x a week right up to the lockdowns. And this speech was the Friday before the lockdowns in 2020 (13 March 2020) for The Conejo Valley Republican Women Federated at Los Robles Greens 299 S Moorpark Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91361. Grandpa Mather gave the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer to start us off, and I talked about Republicans and Civil Rights, focusing on The Second Amendment. This was originally broadcast on FB LIVE 13 March 2020 for a non-profit, public audience, for educational purposes only. Used by permission. I want to thank the women of Conejo Valley Republican Women Federated for permission to use this material and for having me speak to them that day. I want especially to thank Stephanie Ferguson for hosting me and for her friendship and support all these years ! There were very special people there, including Linda Lopez Mather (Grandpa's wife since 1995), and also people I'd met for the first time including Jackie Tucker, Tamara Howard, Kerry Nelson, Jennifer McCarthy, and Angela Nardone. It's one of the best recent memories I have with Grandpa Mather, who passed into eternity today at the age of 102 years young. Grandpa Mather was on the Podcast 21 Nov 2024, so you can check that video/audio out at your leisure. That episode features a phone call he made to me on 7 May 2020. I captured it on FB LIVE at the time. The Republican Professor is a pro-Grandpa-Mather, pro-Constitutional-education, pro-Conejo-Valley-Republican-Women-Federated podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

We continue our journey through the swirly twirly gumdrops of the Unitary Executive, our study of Justice Scalia's great dissent in Morrison v. Olson (1988) and what it teaches us about Separation of Powers as established by the Constitution of the United States of America. Part 6, going through Roman numeral four (IV), entire. The Republican Professor is a pro-Separation-of-Powers-rightly-understood-executive-power-correctly-contemplated podcast. Therefore, welcome Justice Antonin Scalia to the podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To support the podcast, support it. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

For Part 3d of this deep dive we continue the Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (2024) decision that overruled Chevron (1984), Kagan's dissent continued from her p. 12 to p. 15 (Roman Numeral II) of that Slip Opinion. We go from p. 12 to most of the way through p. 15 stopping at Roman Numeral II of the Slip Opinion (603 U.S. _____ (2024) of Kagan's dissent. We will pick up the rest of p.15 of that dissent next time. Donate a gift to keep the podcast going on Venmo at-sign no space TheRepublicanProfessor or https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

We consider the claim that there is a "Uni-Party" in Washington , DC. Judge Bybee , Senior Judge on the 9th Circuit US Court of Appeals, helps us out. The Republican Professor is a pro-political-phenomenology podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Part 2 of 4 -- We pick up at Bumatay's Roman Numeral II on p. 84, having skipped Roman Numeral I pp. 80 - 83 accidentally (yikes) in Judge Bumatay's 20 March 2025 dissent in Duncan v. Bonta (en banc, 9th Circuit), using the uscourts.gov PDF pagination, going from the bottom of p. 84 to the bottom of p.92, available at the link below. https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2025/03/20/23-55805.pdf The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-contemplating-Constitutional-and-natural-rights podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

2025 is the 40th Anniversary of Harvard University Press' publication of Richard A. Epstein's "Takings: Private Property and the Power of Eminent Domain." We celebrate with a fair use and transformative reading of chapter 1. We'd like to thank Harvard University Press for making this material available and Richard Epstein for writing it. Make sure you buy the book and follow along. It's very important for you to have your own copy on your own bookshelf, and to begin to master this material Go to Harvard University Press for more selections available for purchase. Please support the publisher and your local booksellers. We next pick up where we left off with Judge Bumatay's 23 March 2025 dissent in Duncan v. Bonta (en banc, 9th Circuit), using the uscourts.gov PDF pagination, going from the bottom of p. 80 to the top of p. 84, available at the link below. https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2025/03/20/23-55805.pdf The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-contemplating-property-rights podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

On this Maundy Thursday 2025, we briefly discuss the main issue in the tariff debate illuminated by Chief Justice John Marshall's epic quotation in McColluch v. Maryland over 100 years ago (1819). Part 1 of 4 -- We then launch into Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals Judge Bumatay's epic dissent released last month in the latest of several weird iterations of the en banc Duncan v. Bonta, using the uscourts.gov PDF pagination, going from the bottom of p. 74 to the bottom of p. 80, stopping at Roman Numeral I, available at the link below. https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2025/03/20/23-55805.pdf It's a very important case that I hope the US Supreme Court grants cert on and reverses. All in all, it's continued fun on The Republican Professor podcast just in time for a somber Christian holiday weekend. I'm looking forward to Easter ! The Republican Professor is a pro-Easter-break, pro-reflecting-on-the-triumphal-entry, pro-correctly-articulating-the-Second-Amendment, pro-John-Marshall-literate podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To support the podcast, support it.

We continue our journey through the swirly twirly gumdrops of the Unitary Executive, our study of Justice Scalia's great dissent in Morrison v. Olson (1988) and what it teaches us about Separation of Powers as established by the Constitution of the United States of America. Part 5, going through Roman numeral three, entire. The Republican Professor is a pro-Separation-of-Powers-rightly-understood-executive-power-correctly-contemplated podcast. Therefore, welcome Justice Antonin Scalia to the podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To support the podcast, support it. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

This interview with Texas State House Republican Candidate Jon Schober from 30 December 2020 in Texas was a real hoot. Cross-posted on the Coffee with Jon podcast. Enjoy ! We had Jon on TRP podcast in 2022, where we spoke at length again about his Texas State House candidacy (4 August 2022 published here). Follow Jon Schober on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Schober4Texas if you like what you see and hear. Donate a gift to keep the podcast going on Venmo at-sign no space TheRepublicanProfessor or https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

For Part 3c of this deep dive we continue the Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (2024) decision that overruled Chevron (1984), Kagan's dissent continued from p. 9 of the Slip Opinion. We go from p. 9 to most of the way through p. 12 of the Slip Opinion (603 U.S. _____ (2024) of Kagan's dissent. We will pick up the rest of p.12 of that dissent next time. Donate a gift to keep the podcast going on Venmo at-sign no space TheRepublicanProfessor or https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

For Part 3b of this deep dive we continue the Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (2024) decision that overruled Chevron (1984). We continue with with the Democrat's dissent written by Justice Kagan defending Chevron. We into the first few pages of Roman numeral I, to the top of page 9 of the Slip Opinion 603 U.S. _____ (2024) (Kagan's dissent), which we will continue to cover next time. Donate a gift to keep the podcast going on Venmo at-sign no space TheRepublicanProfessor or https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

We broach the massive issue of the ethics of AI in Education, Culture, Politics and Law. Bottom line, there are cultural forces at work undermining personal responsibility that predate AI -- those should be counteracted immediately. The Republican Professor is pro-personal responsibility podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

There are pleasantly surprising lessons about Second Amendment jurisprudence throughout this section as we continue our study of Justice Scalia's great dissent in Morrison v. Olson (1988) and what it teaches us about Separation of Powers as established by the Constitution of the United States of America. Part 4, going through Roman numeral two, the second half. We'll finish Roman numeral two. Pay attention to the criticism of interest balancing tests in adjudicating Constitutionally vested powers and rights in this episode, connecting the issue in this case to the Second Amendment . The Republican Professor is a pro-Separation-of-Powers-rightly-understood-executive-power-correctly-contemplated podcast. Therefore, welcome Justice Antonin Scalia to the podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To support the podcast, support it. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

For Part 3 of this deep dive we begin the Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (2024) decision that overruled Chevron (1984). We begin with the Democrat's dissent written by Justice Kagan defending Chevron. We get up to Roman numeral I, which we will cover next time. Donate a gift to keep the podcast going on Venmo at-sign no space TheRepublicanProfessor or https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

For Part 2d of this deep dive we finish the famous Chevron USA v. Natural Resource Defense Council (1984) decision. Recall, this decision reversed the RB Ginsburg opinion at the lower court. It was itself reversed last year in 2024 by Republicans on the US Supreme Court. This in turn sets us up for Part 6, where we'll begin to look closely at Loper Bright (2024), which in turn reversed the Republican win in 1984. Donate a gift to keep the podcast going on Venmo at-sign no space TheRepublicanProfessor or https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

We continue our study of Justice Scalia's great dissent in Morrison v. Olson (1988) and what it teaches us about Separation of Powers as established by the Constitution of the United States of America. Part 3, going through Roman numeral two, the first half. We'll finish Roman numeral two next time. Pay attention to the criticism of interest balancing tests in adjudicating Constitutionally vested powers and rights in this episode, connecting the issue in this case to the Second Amendment . The Republican Professor is a pro-Separation-of-Powers-rightly-understood-executive-power-correctly-contemplated podcast. Therefore, welcome Justice Antonin Scalia to the podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To support the podcast, support it. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

We continue our study of Justice Scalia's great dissent in Morrison v. Olson (1988) and what it teaches us about Separation of Powers as established by the Constitution of the United States of America. Part 2, going through Roman numeral one. Next time, we get to Roman numeral two and beyond. The Republican Professor is a pro-Separation-of-Powers-rightly-understood-executive-power-correctly-contemplated podcast. Therefore, welcome Justice Antonin Scalia to the podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To support the podcast, support it. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

For Lincoln's birthday month this year, we unpack Biblical themes in a crucial speech he gave at the end of his life where he interprets the Civil War entirely in Biblical terms. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly understanding the Bible and Politics podcast. Therefore, welcome our first Republican president to the podcast, Abraham Lincoln. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

We begin our study of Justice Scalia's great dissent in Morrison v. Olson (1988) and what it teaches us about Separation of Powers as established by the Constitution of the United States of America. Part 1. Next time, we get to Roman numeral one and beyond. The Republican Professor is a pro-Separation-of-Powers-rightly-understood-executive-power-correctly-contemplated podcast. Therefore, welcome Justice Antonin Scalia to the podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To support the podcast, support it. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Michael M. Uhlmann was my mentor for over a decade. Here we cover his 1978 essay which sounds as if he's talking about February 2025. The essay is called "Congress and the Welfare State." It's a review of Morris Fiorina's book Congress: Keystone of the Washington Establishment. Enjoy ! The Republican Professor is a pro-Michael-M-Uhlmann podcast ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D., Michael M. Uhlmann's student. To support the podcast, support it. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

We continue in our study of the Fourth Amendment civil liberties. This is Part 4 of an analysis of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (US) in Pasadena on Snitko v. United States (FBI), a Fourth Amendment search and seizure "inventory" case. 90 F.4th 1250 (9th Cir, 2024). The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-discerning-when-government-uses-administrative-law-to-break-Constitutional-law podcast. Support the podcast with a gift: https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather or on Venmo at-sign TheRepublicanProfessor Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

What hath Individual Liberty to do with proper and correct, univocal definitions of terms ? For Part 4 of this deep dive where we will go through the famous Chevron USA v. Natural Resource Defense Council (1984) Roman Numerals III through V. Recall, this decision reversed the Ginsburg opinion at the lower court. This in turn sets us up for Part 3, where we'll look closely at Loper Bright (2024), which in turn reversed the Republican win in 1984. This could be called Gorsuch v. Gorsuch, like Kramer v. Kramer but son v. Mother instead of spouses. Donate a gift to keep the podcast going on Venmo at-sign no space TheRepublicanProfessor or https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Are you ready to get your Separation of Powers on ? For Part 3 of this deep dive where we will go through the famous Chevron USA v. Natural Resource Defense Council (1984) Roman Numerals III through V. Recall, this decision reversed the Ginsburg opinion at the lower court. This in turn sets us up for Part 3, where we'll look closely at Loper Bright (2024), which in turn reversed the Republican win in 1984. This could be called Gorsuch v. Gorsuch, like Kramer v. Kramer but son v. Mother instead of spouses. Epiphany 2025 Luke, for TRP Donate a gift to keep the podcast going on Venmo at-sign no space TheRepublicanProfessor

Are you ready to get your Separation of Powers on ? For Part 2 of this deep dive where we will go through the famous Chevron USA v. Natural Resource Defense Council (1984), which reversed the Ginsburg opinion at the lower court. This in turn sets us up for Part 3, where we'll look closely at Loper Bright (2024), which in turn reversed the Republican win in 1984. This could be called Gorsuch v. Gorsuch, like Kramer v. Kramer but son v. Mother instead of spouses. Epiphany 2025 Luke, for TRP Donate a gift to keep the podcast going on Venmo at-sign no space TheRepublicanProfessor

Longtime caller, first time listener CS Snodtgrass, or Clive Staples Snodtgrass Jr. for short (dad's name is Fred) finally gets through to the TRP Podcast. Clive joins us to celebrate being a Gay American and a Gay Republican and enjoy the inauguration of President Trump for the second time. We also discuss, briefly, the ant-Gay policies of the Democratic Party in California in the present day. It's 20 Jan 2025 , Monday, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday holiday.

Are you ready to get your Fourth Amendment on ? This is Part 3 of an analysis of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (US) in Pasadena on Snitko v. United States (FBI), a Fourth Amendment search and seizure "inventory" case. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-discerning-when-government-uses-administrative-law-to-break-Constitutional-law podcast. Support the podcast with a gift: https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather or on Venmo at-sign TheRepublicanProfessor Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

This is not for the faint of heart. It's a deep dive into Chevron deference doctrine starting with Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg's DC Circuit opinion in 1982 against Anne Gorsuch, Neil Gorsuch's mother, who was at the time appointed by Republican Ronald Reagan to run the Environmental Protection Agency. We cover Ginsburg's 1982 decision here in Part 1. This sets us up for Part 2 of this deep dive where we will go through the famous Chevron USA v. Natural Resource Defense Council (1984), which reversed the Ginsburg opinion at the lower court. This in turn sets us up for Part 3, where we'll look closely at Loper Bright (2024), which in turn reversed the Republican win in 1984. This could be called Gorsuch v. Gorsuch, like Kramer v. Kramer but son v. Mother instead of spouses. Merry Christmas season to you from Trp. Luke, for TRP Donate on Venmo at-sign no space TheRepublicanProfessor

Today's return guest is a Mark O. Hatfield (R, Oregon) type of Republican, Dr. Vernon Grounds, Ph.D., former Chancellor, President, and long-time professor of Philosophy and Psychology, and founder of the Counseling Department at Denver Seminary, where TRP's host Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. knew Dr. Grounds during Dr. Mather's graduate student days. Dr. Grounds taught in the philosophy department as well courses on Existentialism and Christian worldview. Our topic today on The Republican Professor Podcast is emotional problems and American Politics. Last Fall, we did a series on Anxiety and American Politics. Last Spring we did a series on Hatred and Anger in the Normative Christian Tradition. We return today with a focus on the concepts and phenomena of Pride in Biblical and Political Phenomenology in the American context. You've probably noticed the relevance to American Politics if you're paying attention. I can think of no better guest than Dr. Grounds, who is a rare bird in that he was one of the first to get the in depth Psychology training--a Ph.D. in Psychology--and applied that to Christian ministry and Apologetics. Dr. Grounds got his bachelors from Rutgers during the Great Depression, and struggled mightily with his Christian faith. He got seminary training, and later a Ph.D. in Psychology from Drew University, where he wrote a dissertation on the concept of love in the thought of Sigmund Freud. He wrote several books, but the one we discuss and read from today is his "Emotional Problems and the Gospel" (Zondervan, 1976). The Amazon link is here: https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Problems-Gospel-Vernon-Grounds/dp/031025311X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=173GZ03N0T8JF&keywords=vernon+grounds+emotional&qid=1698937363&s=instant-video&sprefix=vernon+grounds+emotional%2Cinstant-video%2C124&sr=1-1-catcorr Since Dr. Ground died before we were able to record this with him, he joins this episode through his chapter in the above book, which he titled "The Bible and Pride, Part 2." The Republican Professor is a pro-mental-health-in-politics, pro-ultimate-issues podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Vernon Grounds, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast with a donation, visit https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather or on Venmo at TheRepublicanProfessor Every cent goes a long way, so thank you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

This is Part 2 of an analysis of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (US) in Pasadena on Snitko v. United States (FBI), a 4th Amendment search and seizure "inventory" case. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-discerning-when-government-uses-administrative-law-to-break-Constitutional-law podcast. Support the podcast with a gift: https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather or on Venmo at-sign TheRepublicanProfessor Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

This is Part 1 of an analysis of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (US) in Pasadena on Snitko v. United States (FBI), a 4th Amendment search and seizure "inventory" case. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-discerning-when-government-uses-administrative-law-to-break-Constitutional-law podcast. Support the podcast with a gift: https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather or on Venmo at-sign TheRepublicanProfessor Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Christianity as Ethnicity Part 2, with special application to the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the US Constitution, and commentary on the definition of marriage according to California in the issue of Prop 3 as it was debated in the California Legislature in 2023. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

We pick up with the Pardon Power in the Constitution and consider the term "Christian Nationalism" from a Christianity as Ethnicity perspective. NB: Ethnicity is not race or color/appearance in this usage of the term. Ethnos, the Greek word used in Matthew 28's "Great Commission," contemplates ethnicity as its used here, as "nation" or people bound together by kinship, heritage, tradition, no matter what they look like, for adoption is very old in the Judeo-Christian tradition (think of for example Ruth, or the language of adoption in the New Testament). Application to American Politics and Public Law are sprinkled throughout. This is a Christmas season series on The Republican Professor podcast.

We take a look at two provisions of "the Supreme Law of the Land," as well as Federalist 74 written by Hamilton, and I reflect briefly on Lincoln's Lyceum Address.

Today's return guest is a Mark O. Hatfield (R, Oregon) type of Republican, Dr. Vernon Grounds, Ph.D., former Chancellor, President, and long-time professor of Philosophy and Psychology, and founder of the Counseling Department at Denver Seminary, where TRP's host Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. knew Dr. Grounds during Dr. Mather's graduate student days. Dr. Grounds taught in the philosophy department as well courses on Existentialism and Christian worldview. Our topic today on The Republican Professor Podcast is emotional problems and American Politics. Last Fall, we did a series on Anxiety and American Politics. Last Spring we did a series on Hatred and Anger in the Normative Christian Tradition. We return today with a focus on the concepts and phenomena of Pride in Biblical and Political Phenomonenology in the American context. You've probably noticed the relevance to American Politics if you're paying attention. I can think of no better guest than Dr. Grounds, who is a rare bird in that he was one of the first to get the in depth Psychology training--a Ph.D. in Psychology--and applied that to Christian ministry and Apologetics. Dr. Grounds got his bachelors from Rutgers during the Great Depression, and struggled mightily with his Christian faith. He got seminary training, and later a Ph.D. in Psychology from Drew University, where he wrote a dissertation on the concept of love in the thought of Sigmund Freud. He wrote several books, but the one we discuss and read from today is his "Emotional Problems and the Gospel" (Zondervan, 1976). Since Dr. Ground died before we were able to record this with him, he joins this episode through his chapter in the above book, which he titled "The Bible and Pride, Part 1." The Republican Professor is a pro-mental-health-in-politics, pro-ultimate-issues podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Vernon Grounds, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast with a donation, visit https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather or on Venmo at TheRepublicanProfessor Every cent goes a long way, so thank you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Grandpa Mather flew F6F Hellcats during World War 2, and later married Dottie Rehnland of Michigan, and had 3 kids, one of whom was my father. He became a Christian at the big Methodist Church in Colorado Springs in 1956 at Dawson Trotman's funeral when Billy Graham gave the eulogy. In 1962, Grandpa founded Mr. Steak, Inc., which eventually had 286 restaurants in the United States and in Canada. Grandpa Mather calls his grandson, TRP Producer and Host Lucas J. Mather, on 7 May 2020 during the lockdowns to encourage the boy. Grandpa Mather is today 101 years old and resides in Ventura County, California. He attends Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Newberry Park with his wife of 29 years, Linda Lopez Mather, daughter of longtime restaurant owner Sal Lopez, owner of Sal's Mexican Inn at 1450 Oxnard Blvd for many decades in Oxnard, California. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D., also a US Navy veteran.

We discuss an article by UC Berkeley School of Law Professor John Yoo which discusses the nomination to Attorney General and the president's goal to take care the laws be faithfully executed. The article can be found here, and we thank John Yoo and National Review for producing the article and making it available for discussion. https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/11/why-an-attorney-general-matt-gaetz-would-backfire-on-trump/ Support the podcast by donating a gift to the producer : https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Also can donate a gift on venmo at TheRepublicanProfessor Every cent counts.

Adam Stowell has taught Philosophy (Logic, Ethics, Religion) for 18 years in California and has a graduate degree in Political Science, as well. He's a cultural critic and observer of what he calls the failure of "the credentialed class." We don't want to misread what the election means and what the prospects are for progress. Support the podcast : https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather

We're discussing "Law and Ideology" 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). Our return guest today on The Republican Professor Podcast is the former professor of Theology at the University of Hamburg in West Germany, Dr. Helmut Thielicke, Ph.D., D.Theol. (Philosophy and Theology). Professor Thielicke once again joins us through his teaching in his Theological Ethics, Vol. 2: Politics. My copy was purchased at Old Capitol Books (new location) in Monterey, California, across from Nick the Greek restaurant on Alvarado Street (their old location was 559 Tyler, Monterey, CA, across from the Peet's Coffee and was formerly Book Haven for many years), and is a hard copy published in 1969 by Fortress Press and edited by William H. Lazareth. Thielicke died before he was able to come on to The Republican Professor Podcast. We thank Fortress Press for making the book available. Check out their catalogue for a full listing of their very interesting titles, and buy one. Get a copy of this for yourself and following along in our transformative, performative reading of it as we make fair use on his insights, with fresh scholarly commentary from me, and allow it to shape our understanding of American Politics. This is part 8 in a series on The Republican Professor Podcast, an introduction to theological reflection on American government. Here, we broach the topic of the nature and power of "ideology" in Communist eschatology. Our very special guest today is, once again, the esteemed and long-time Professor of Theology at the University of Hamburg, Helmut Thielicke. And I've invited Professor Thielicke to join us today through my performative reading (with my scholarly commentary upon) and fair use of his teaching on this topic in his magisterial "Theological Ethics, Volume 2: Politics." My copy of the book was published in 1969 by Fortress Press. Please buy a copy of the book and follow along with our study of this material. Here's a link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/Theological-Ethics-Politics-Helmut-Thielicke/dp/0802817920 Please, please support your brick and mortar used book dealers as well. Professor Thielicke died before we were able to invite him in person as a guest on the podcast. Thanks to Fortress Press, the book is still in print and would be a valuable addition, indeed, to your personal library. Please support the work of Fortress Press and buy the book, and check out the other selections that they carry, as well. The Republican Professor Podcast is a pro-deeply-conversing-on-the-theological-aspects-of-the-nature-of-government podcast. Therefore, welcome Professor Helmut Thielicke ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/

The ones with sound originally aired on FB LIVE Thursday July 15th 2021 at 8:21 am and Friday July 16th 2021 at 1:29 pm under the title "Effectively Countering CRT: An Introduction." https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

We received tender mercies this past week. (Psalm 51, KJV). Here's the end of election week message from TRP bunker. Originally aired LIVE Friday 8 November 2024 at 1:21pm Buy the producer a coffee anonymously, https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

A snap-shot in time just after Biden was sworn in January 2021, with some correct prediction for 2024. Never stop learning. Tomorrow's episode will refer back to this one.

Election Day Message from TRP Bunker at 11:16 am , Tues 5 Nov 2024 FB LIVE The Nature of Representation, the duties and difficulties of American citizenship, and grade inflation.

This live video was done Thursday 19 March 2020 at 3:16 pm, the week the government locked down our church in California. We did not reopen for over a year, skipping two Easters out of fear of death (ironically). I do a lecture on how the first Christians dealt with sickness and death compared to 2020, and I do a prayer walk through the premises. These were my thoughts that first week. Part 4 of 4 in this series from the first week of the government imposed lockdowns of "inessential " businesses and churches in 2020.

2nd part in a series on Grade Inflation. "Higher Education is a Democrat Indoctrination, Grade Inflation Plantation. At Tax Payer Expense." Originally aired on FB LIVE on Monday 7 Oct 2024 at 12:23 pm The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-rid-of-grade-inflation podcast. Buy the host a cup of coffee, support the podcast at https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Luke, for Trp

Part 3 of 4 in a series on the first week of the government-forced shutdowns in Lost Angeles, California. Political Phenomenology of Friday, 13 March 2020. Lost Angeles and Ventura Counties, California. Support the channel by buying the producer a cup of coffee anonymously. https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather God bless, Luke

This live video was done Wedsnesday 18 March 2020 at 7:53 pm, the first week the government shut down our "inessential" church as well as "inessential" businesses. These were my thoughts that first week of the shutdown, remembering good ole' Lochner v. New York (1905). Part 2 of 4 in a series this week. Books discussed in this episode: David E. Bernstein, Rehabilitating Lochner: Defending Individual Liberty Against Progressive Reform (University of Chicago Press, 2012). David N. Mayer, Liberty of Contract: Rediscovering a Lost Constitutional Right (CATO Institute, 2011). Christopher Wolfe, The Rise of Modern Judicial Review: From Constitutional Interpretation to Judge-Made Law (Roman and Littlefield, 1994).

This live video was done Sunday 15 March 2020 at 11:38 pm, the day the government shut down our church in California. We did not reopen for over a year, skipping two Easters out of fear of death (ironically). As church staff, was laid off for over a year without the benefit of unemployment compensation since church workers are excluded from UI consideration under California law. Churches aren't considered "employment" for those purposes. These were my thoughts that first day. Part 1 of 4 in a series this week.

We're discussing "Science and Ideology" 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. Our return guest today on The Republican Professor Podcast is the former professor of Theology at the University of Hamburg in West Germany, Dr. Helmut Thielicke, Ph.D., D.Theol. (Philosophy and Theology). Professor Thielicke once again joins us through his teaching in his Theological Ethics, Vol. 2: Politics. My copy was purchased at Old Capitol Books (new location) in Monterey, California, across from Nick the Greek restaurant on Alvarado Street (their old location was 559 Tyler, Monterey, CA, across from the Peet's Coffee and was formerly Book Haven for many years), and is a hard copy published in 1969 by Fortress Press and edited by William H. Lazareth. Thielicke died before he was able to come on to The Republican Professor Podcast. We thank Fortress Press for making the book available. Check out their catalogue for a full listing of their very interesting titles, and buy one. Get a copy of this for yourself and following along in our transformative, performative reading of it as we make fair use on his insights, with fresh scholarly commentary from me, and allow it to shape our understanding of American Politics. This is part 7 in a series on The Republican Professor Podcast, an introduction to theological reflection on American government. Here, we broach the topic of the nature and power of "ideology" in Communist eschatology. Our very special guest today is, once again, the esteemed and long-time Professor of Theology at the University of Hamburg, Helmut Thielicke. And I've invited Professor Thielicke to join us today through my performative reading (with my scholarly commentary upon) and fair use of his teaching on this topic in his magisterial "Theological Ethics, Volume 2: Politics." My copy of the book was published in 1969 by Fortress Press. Please buy a copy of the book and follow along with our study of this material. Here's a link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/Theological-Ethics-Politics-Helmut-Thielicke/dp/0802817920 Please, please support your brick and mortar used book dealers as well. Professor Thielicke died before we were able to invite him in person as a guest on the podcast. Thanks to Fortress Press, the book is still in print and would be a valuable addition, indeed, to your personal library. Please support the work of Fortress Press and buy the book, and check out the other selections that they carry, as well. The Republican Professor Podcast is a pro-deeply-conversing-on-the-theological-aspects-of-the-nature-of-government podcast. Therefore, welcome Professor Helmut Thielicke ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/

This is part three (3 of 3) of a book review of a book arguing Jesus is for gun control. The book advocates criminalization of paradigmatically innocent conduct in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The book by professor Mike Austin is called "God, Guns and America." This is part three of a review of the book with Kurtis Olson on FB LIVE 1 April 2021 at 7:36 pm. This episode was co-hosted and co-produced by Mr. Kurtis Olson. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-hemming-the-parameters-of-the-criminal-law-to-conduct-genuinely-criminal-and-not-innocent-conduct podcast The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Buy the producer a cup of coffee at Buy Me a Coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Or, support the costs of the podcast @TheRepublicanProfessor on Venmo. Any support is much appreciated and every penny counts now more than ever. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Deep Dive Part 3: It's Fall 2024, and we're working on a longer attention span, in this case, remembering why the Biden Administration lost the CDC Mask Mandate -- not because they thought it was bad, illegal, or unnecessary. It's gone because a Trump-appointed Judge, Kathryn Kimball Mizelle was the judge who heard the case and applied the time-tested judicial tools to discern the the CDC's rule was illegal in our Constitutional Republic. Let's recall how that went. The case is Health Freedom Defense Fund v. Biden, judgment filed 18 April 2022 in the United States District Court Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division by Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle. The Republican Professor is a pro-Constitutional-Americanism, pro-pay-attention-to-the-definition-of-terms, pro-limited-government podcast. Therefore, welcome Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, US District Court Judge appointed by President Trump, confirmed by a Republican US Senate. Buy the producer a cup of coffee at : https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

"Higher Education is a Democrat Indoctrination, Grade Inflation Plantation. At Tax Payer Expense." 1st part in a series on Grade Inflation. Originally aired on FB LIVE on Saturday 5 Oct 2024 at 1:56 pm The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-rid-of-grade-inflation podcast.

The Spirit over California What America Is The Civil Rights Movement and Republicans The Southern Strategy Originally aired on FB LIVE Thursday 5 March 2020

We're discussing "Ideology as Claim to Absoluteness" 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. Our return guest today on The Republican Professor Podcast is the former professor of Theology at the University of Hamburg in West Germany, Dr. Helmut Thielicke, Ph.D., D.Theol. (Philosophy and Theology). Professor Thielicke once again joins us through his teaching in his Theological Ethics, Vol. 2: Politics. My copy was purchased at Old Capitol Books (new location) in Monterey, California, across from Nick the Greek restaurant on Alvarado Street (their old location was 559 Tyler, Monterey, CA, across from the Peet's Coffee and was formerly Book Haven for many years), and is a hard copy published in 1969 by Fortress Press and edited by William H. Lazareth. Thielicke died before he was able to come on to The Republican Professor Podcast. We thank Fortress Press for making the book available. Check out their catalogue for a full listing of their very interesting titles, and buy one. Get a copy of this for yourself and following along in our transformative, performative reading of it as we make fair use on his insights, with fresh scholarly commentary from me, and allow it to shape our understanding of American Politics. This is part 6 in a series on The Republican Professor Podcast, an introduction to theological reflection on American government. Here, we broach the topic of the nature and power of "ideology" in Communist eschatology. Our very special guest today is, once again, the esteemed and long-time Professor of Theology at the University of Hamburg, Helmut Thielicke. And I've invited Professor Thielicke to join us today through my performative reading (with my scholarly commentary upon) and fair use of his teaching on this topic in his magisterial "Theological Ethics, Volume 2: Politics." My copy of the book was published in 1969 by Fortress Press. Please buy a copy of the book and follow along with our study of this material. Here's a link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/Theological-Ethics-Politics-Helmut-Thielicke/dp/0802817920 Please, please support your brick and mortar used book dealers as well. Professor Thielicke died before we were able to invite him in person as a guest on the podcast. Thanks to Fortress Press, the book is still in print and would be a valuable addition, indeed, to your personal library. Please support the work of Fortress Press and buy the book, and check out the other selections that they carry, as well. The Republican Professor Podcast is a pro-deeply-conversing-on-the-theological-aspects-of-the-nature-of-government podcast. Therefore, welcome Professor Helmut Thielicke ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/

FB LIVE Tues 30 March 2021 with Mr. Kurtis Olson. Part 2 of our critical book review of "God, Guns and America" by professor Mike Austin. He is a Christian but the book has some problems, which we get into a bit more. For some background, see part 1 in this series, published a fortnight ago. Look up "fortnight" if you don't know the term. It's a good term to know. This episode was co-produced and co-hosted by Mr. Kurtis Olson. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-individual-liberty-statesmanship podcast. Buy the producer a cup of coffee at Buy Me a Coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Here, Dr. Mather explicates the common sense answer to the question, "what is truth?" Also see the episode with Dr. Josh Rasmussen, Ph.D. in this same playlist.

We're discussing "Ideology as a Means of Rule," 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. Our return guest today on The Republican Professor Podcast is the former professor of Theology at the University of Hamburg in West Germany, Dr. Helmut Thielicke, Ph.D., D.Theol. (Philosophy and Theology). Professor Thielicke once again joins us through his teaching in his Theological Ethics, Vol. 2: Politics. My copy was purchased at Old Capitol Books (new location) in Monterey, California, across from Nick the Greek restaurant on Alvarado Street (their old location was 559 Tyler, Monterey, CA, across from the Peet's Coffee and was formerly Book Haven for many years), and is a hard copy published in 1969 by Fortress Press and edited by William H. Lazareth. Thielicke died before he was able to come on to The Republican Professor Podcast. We thank Fortress Press for making the book available. Check out their catalogue for a full listing of their very interesting titles, and buy one. Get a copy of this for yourself and following along in our transformative, performative reading of it as we make fair use on his insights, with fresh scholarly commentary from me, and allow it to shape our understanding of American Politics. This is part 5 in a series on The Republican Professor Podcast, an introduction to theological reflection on American government. Here, we broach the topic of the nature and power of "ideology" in Communist eschatology. Our very special guest today is, once again, the esteemed and long-time Professor of Theology at the University of Hamburg, Helmut Thielicke. And I've invited Professor Thielicke to join us today through my performative reading (with my scholarly commentary upon) and fair use of his teaching on this topic in his magisterial "Theological Ethics, Volume 2: Politics." My copy of the book was published in 1969 by Fortress Press. Please buy a copy of the book and follow along with our study of this material. Here's a link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/Theological-Ethics-Politics-Helmut-Thielicke/dp/0802817920 Please, please support your brick and mortar used book dealers as well. Professor Thielicke died before we were able to invite him in person as a guest on the podcast. Thanks to Fortress Press, the book is still in print and would be a valuable addition, indeed, to your personal library. Please support the work of Fortress Press and buy the book, and check out the other selections that they carry, as well. The Republican Professor Podcast is a pro-deeply-conversing-on-the-theological-aspects-of-the-nature-of-government podcast. Therefore, welcome Professor Helmut Thielicke ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/

We discuss Paul Kengor's book review of Megan Basham's book, "Shepherds for Sale," featured in the excellent Claremont Review of Books, Summer 2024. We'd like to thank the publisher of the Claremont Review of Books for producing and making available such a wonderful, timely and yet timeless resource. We highly, highly recommend that you subscribe to The Claremont Review of Books at https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ It's not cheap, but it is inexpensive for the wealth of material that you get. It's a very attractive physical object that comes to you by mail, with beautiful, engaging, incisive writing about all sorts of things being discussed in books related to American Politics, from culture to law, history and theology.

Army 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta Master Sergeant (ret.) Dr. John W. Boswell, Ph.D.'s 25 January 2021 "Essay 4: The Socialist Threat," is read and discussed via FB Live 7 March 2021 with Dr. Kent Duncan at 4:06 pm California Time. This is honoring the late Dr. John W. Boswell, Ph.D. who wrote under the pen name S. Roane. These are used by express permission from the author. John had a storied career in Army Special Forces. He took down Noriega, he fought in the actual battle depicted in the film Black Hawk Down. He was awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star. After his military service, he earned a BA, MA, and Ph.D., focusing on Public Law and American Politics. MSgt Dr. Boswell was deeply concerned about the consequences of an ignorant populace, ill-trained by Democrat only biased tax funded college campuses to prefer the thin venear of Socialism. He saw that first-hand as an older college student. John's first duty station, prior to being selected for sergeant and then the special forces, was in West Germany. He saw the Iron Curtain and what socialism had done to Eastern Europe. He was never tired of reporting that the guns on the wall were pointed towards itself, the Communist side, to prevent those wanting to escape. The Socialist threat didn't initially present itself that way, but that's how it ended up, a hell-hole. Permission was granted by the author to read and discuss prior to his untimely death. The original text of Essay 4: The Socialist Threat by Dr. John W. Boswell, Ph.D., MSgt US Army 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment, Delta (ret.) can be found here: The Republican Professor is a pro-John-W.-Boswell, pro-correctly-understanding-the-lessons-of-history podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. John W. Boswell, Ph.D. (Msgt, US Army 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta, retired) (1959-2023). We miss you, John. Thank you for everything you did for America. We will do the best we can to ensure it does not and will not go to waste. This episode was co-produced and co-hosted by Dr. Kent Duncan. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Deep Dive Part 2: It's Fall 2024, and we're working on a longer attention span, in this case, remembering why the Biden Administration lost the CDC Mask Mandate -- not because they thought it was bad, illegal, or unnecessary. It's gone because a Trump-appointed Judge, Kathryn Kimball Mizelle was the judge who heard the case and applied the time-tested judicial tools to discern the the CDC's rule was illegal in our Constitutional Republic. Let's recall how that went. The case is Health Freedom Defense Fund v. Biden, judgment filed 18 April 2022 in the United States District Court Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division by Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle. The Republican Professor is a pro-Constitutional-Americanism, pro-pay-attention-to-the-definition-of-terms, pro-limited-government podcast. Therefore, welcome Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, US District Court Judge appointed by President Trump, confirmed by a Republican US Senate. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Christian Democrats advocate criminalization of paradigmatically innocent conduct, and they do it in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. One such example is the book by Mike Austin called "God, Guns and America." This is part one of a review of the book with Kurtis Olson on FB LIVE 17 March 2021 at 6:33 pm The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. This episode was co-hosted and co-produced by Mr. Kurtis Olson. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

It's Fall 2024, and we're working on a longer attention span, in this case, remembering why the Biden Administration lost the CDC Mask Mandate -- not because they thought it was bad, illegal, or unnecessary. It's gone because a Trump-appointed Judge, Kathryn Kimball Mizelle was the judge who heard the case and applied the time-tested judicial tools to discern the the CDC's rule was illegal in our Constitutional Republic. Let's recall how that went. The case is Health Freedom Defense Fund v. Biden, judgment filed 18 April 2022 in the United States District Court Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division by Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle. The Republican Professor is a pro-Constitutional-Americanism, pro-pay-attention-to-the-definition-of-terms, pro-limited-government podcast. Therefore, welcome Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, US District Court Judge appointed by President Trump, confirmed by a Republican US Senate. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Army 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta Master Sergeant (ret.) Dr. John W. Boswell, Ph.D.'s "Essay 2: Understanding Consolidation," and "Essay 3: The Citizens' Amendment" published under the pen name S. Roane, 13 and 18 Jan 2021, respectively, is read and discussed via FB Live 1 March 2021 with Kurtis Olson at 1:30 pm California Time. This is honoring the late John W. Boswell. John had a storied career in Army Special Forces. He took down Noriega, he fought in the actual battle depicted in the film Black Hawk Down. He was awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star. After his military service, he earned a BA, MA, and Ph.D., focusing on Public Law and American Politics. MSgt Dr. Boswell was deeply concerned about the consequences of an ignorant populace, ill-trained by Democrat only biased tax funded college campuses to prefer the thin venear of Socialism. He saw that first-hand as an older college student. John's first duty station, prior to being selected for sergeant and then the special forces, was in West Germany. He saw the Iron Curtain and what socialism had done to Eastern Europe. He was never tired of reporting that the guns on the wall were pointed towards itself, the Communist side, to prevent those wanting to escape. The Socialist threat didn't initially present itself that way, but that's how it ended up, a hell-hole. Permission was granted by the author to read and discuss prior to his untimely death. The original text of Essay 3: The Citizens' Amendment by Dr. John W. Boswell, Ph.D., MSgt US Army 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment, Delta (ret.) can be found here: The Republican Professor is a pro-John-W.-Boswell, pro-correctly-understanding-the-lessons-of-history podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. John W. Boswell, Ph.D. (Msgt, US Army 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta, retired) (1959-2023). We miss you, John. Thank you for everything you did for America. We will do the best we can to ensure it does not and will not go to waste. This episode was co-produced and co-hosted by Mr. Kurtis Olson Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

My friend from South Central Lost Angeles, Wasabi, joins me and Kurtis for a conversation on paper ballots, term limits, and political corruption on FB LIVE, 24 June 2024. Enjoy ! The Republican Professor is a pro-voting-integrity, pro-government-accountability podcast. Therefore, welcome Wasabi from South Central, LA The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Donate to the podcast with a gift @TheRepublicanProfessor on Venmo Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Today, we once again have a Democrat on The Republican Professor podcast, Senior District Court Judge Anthony Ishii. Judge Ishii is an expert on this particular topic, because it was before him in 2014 in federal court in central California. Judge Ishii was appointed to the federal bench by President Bill Clinton. And to his great credit he gets the right answer for the right reasons here in this case called Silvester v. Harris, 41 F. Supp. 3d 927 (2014). The defendant in that case was the State of California, represented in her capacity as Attorney General by one Kamala Harris -- I've heard of her. Judge Ishii's correct judicial reasoning was overturned by the Democrat dominated 9th Circuit before President Trump was elected. They ignored his correct analysis in order to go back to the status quo, which was that the government can do whatever the H---- it wants to its citizens in the realm of firearm regulation, no matter how arbitrary and capricious. Judge Ishii had a problem with that regime, even as a California Democrat. So Judge Ishii joins us through his judicial writing, his findings of fact and judgment in a bench trial on the matter in Silvester v. Kamala Harris (2014). The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-the-point-of-constitutional-law, pro-correcting-powerful-people-wrong-on-the-Second-Amendment podcast. Therefore, welcome Senior Judge Anthony Ishii ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

US Army 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta Master Sergeant (ret.) Dr. John W. Boswell, Ph.D.'s "Essay 2: Understanding Consolidation," published under the pen name S. Roane, 13 Jan 2021 is read and discussed via FB Live 12 Feb 2021 with Kurtis Olson at 1:15 pm California Time. This is honoring the late John W. Boswell. John had a storied career in Army Special Forces. He took down Noriega, he fought in the actual battle depicted in the film Black Hawk Down. He was awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star. After his military service, he earned a BA, MA, and Ph.D., focusing on Public Law and American Politics. MSgt Dr. Boswell was deeply concerned about the consequences of an ignorant populace, ill-trained by Democrat only biased tax funded college campuses to prefer the thin venear of Socialism. He saw that first-hand as an older college student. John's first duty station, prior to being selected for sergeant and then the special forces, was in West Germany. He saw the Iron Curtain and what socialism had done to Eastern Europe. He was never tired of reporting that the guns on the wall were pointed towards itself, the Communist side, to prevent those wanting to escape. The Socialist threat didn't initially present itself that way, but that's how it ended up, a hell-hole. Permission was granted by the author to read and discuss prior to his untimely death. The original text of Essay 2: Understanding Consolidation by Dr. John W. Boswell, Ph.D., MSgt US Army 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment, Delta (ret.) can be found here: https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/p/understanding-consolidation-very The Republican Professor is a pro-John-W.-Boswell, pro-correctly-understanding-the-lessons-of-history podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. John W. Boswell, Ph.D. (Msgt, US Army 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta, retired) (1959-2023). We miss you, John. Thank you for everything you did for America. We will do the best we can to ensure it does not and will not go to waste. This episode was co-produced and co-hosted by Mr. Kurtis Olson Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

This is a LIVE feed. Discussion starts at Minute 6 exactly. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Critical Thinking, Logic and Religion professor Adam Stowell discusses arguments by analogy, politics, and whataboutism. We process the events of January 2021 and Summer 2020. Professor Stowell has graduate degrees in Political Science and Philosophy and is uniquely trained to handle philosophical issues in politics. This is a LIVE broadcast from 31 January 2021. There is interaction with the commenters and viewers (about a classroom full) who were watching it LIVE. Discussion starts at minute 6 exactly. The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-clear-about-arguments-by-analogy, pro-correctlly-contemplating-about-whataboutism podcast. Therefore, welcome Professor Adam Stowell of Cal Poly Pomona, California. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Army 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta Master Sergeant (ret.) Dr. John W. Boswell, Ph.D.'s "Essay 1: Mostly Peaceful," published under the pen name S. Roane, 3 Jan 2021 is read and discussed via FB Live 5 Feb 2021 with Kurtis Olson. This is honoring the late John W. Boswell. John had a storied career in Army Special Forces. He took down Noriega, he fought in the actual battle depicted in the film Black Hawk Down. He was awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star. After his military service, he earned a BA, MA, and Ph.D., focusing on Public Law and American Politics. MSgt Dr. Boswell was deeply concerned about the consequences of an ignorant populace, ill-trained by Democrat only biased tax funded college campuses to prefer the thin venear of Socialism. He saw that first-hand as an older college student. John's first duty station, prior to being selected for sergeant and then the special forces, was in West Germany. He saw the Iron Curtain and what socialism had done to Eastern Europe. He was never tired of reporting that the guns on the wall were pointed towards itself, the Communist side, to prevent those wanting to escape. The Socialist threat didn't initially present itself that way, but that's how it ended up, a hell-hole. Permission was granted by the author to read and discuss prior to his untimely death. The original text of Essay 1: Mostly Peaceful by Dr. John W. Boswell, Ph.D., MSgt US Army 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment, Delta (ret.) can be found here: https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/p/mostly-peaceful The Republican Professor is a pro-John-W.-Boswell, pro-correctly-understanding-the-lessons-of-history podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. John W. Boswell, Ph.D. (Msgt, US Army 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta, retired) (1959-2023). We miss you, John. Thank you for everything you did for America. We will do the best we can to ensure it does not and will not go to waste. This episode was co-produced and co-hosted by Mr. Kurtis Olson Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

We pay tribute to retired Army Master Sgt. John William Boswell (Bozz), Ph.D., who spent most of his career in Special Forces (Delta) prior to going to college as undergraduate (at DU) through graduate, eventuating in a Ph.D. during the lockdowns of 2020 from Claremont Colleges. He was my best friend in graduate school and an inspiration and motivator for The Republican Professor project, of which this podcast is a key part. We then proceed, as Bozz would've wanted, to get right back into, continuing where we left off with Senior Judge Anthony Ishii's take-down of Kamala Harris in Silvester v. Harris, 41 F. Supp. 3d 927 ff (2014). We finish the findings of fact , today, and proceed legal analysis in this pivotal case involving the 10 day waiting period of firearm transfers in the State of California and how the State abuses its citizens by any method it can, this being just one of them. The Republican Professor is a pro-John-Bozz-Boswell, pro-Constitution podcast. Here is the link to John's obit : https://www.eventcreate.com/e/johnwboswell Therefore, welcome back Anthony Ishii and thanks for helping us to remember my dear friend John William Boswell (Bozz), 1959 -2023. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

The last three episodes, we've gone through in detail much of Senior Judge Ishii's judgment and findings of fact in Silvester v. Harris (2014) at a California-based U.S. District Court (trial court). Judge Ishii, a Democrat, found in favor of the Second Amendment against the State of California's then-attorney general, Kamala Harris. The 9th Circuit on appeal then reversed that gain for the Second Amendment, without requiring evidence, without acknowledging the arguments for the Second Amendment, and without acknowledging the findings of fact ascertained by Judge Ishii in that case at trial. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote from the US Supreme Court that he was appalled, when the application came up for review in 2018. And he says why in this episode of The Republican Professor podcast. Recall, Justice Thomas was the author of the Court's opinion in NY Rifle & Pistol Assn v. Bruen (June, 2022). This is part of the background history for what he wrote there at that time. Here's a link to the text: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3462537144774180807&q=silvester+v+becerra&hl=en&as_sdt=2003 The Republican Professor is a pro-keeping-tabs-on-the-courts-of-appeals-screwing-up-the-Constitution, pro-keeping-em-accountable podcast. Therefore, welcome Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Welcome back for Part 3 of the issue of the 10 day waiting period for firearm transfers in the State of California, the relationship of that to the Constitution. Fun for the whole family. Today, we once again have a Democrat on The Republican Professor podcast, Senior District Court Judge Anthony Ishii. Judge Ishii is an expert on this particular topic, because it was before him in 2014 in federal court in central California. Judge Ishii was appointed to the federal bench by President Bill Clinton. And to his great credit he gets the right answer for the right reasons here in this case called Silvester v. Harris, 41 F. Supp. 3d 927 (2014). The defendant in that case was the State of California, represented in her capacity as Attorney General by one Kamala Harris -- perhaps you've heard of her. Judge Ishii's correct judicial reasoning was overturned by the Democrat dominated 9th Circuit before President Trump was elected. They ignored his correct analysis in order to go back to the status quo, which was that the government can do whatever the H---- it wants to its citizens in the realm of firearm regulation, no matter how arbitrary and capricious. Judge Ishii had a problem with that regime, even as a California Democrat. So Judge Ishii joins us through his judicial writing, his findings of fact and judgment in a bench trial on the matter in Silvester v. Kamala Harris (2014). The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-the-point-of-constitutional-law, pro-correcting-powerful-people-wrong-on-the-Second-Amendment podcast. Therefore, welcome Senior Judge Anthony Ishii ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Welcome back for Part 2 of the issue of the 10 day waiting period for firearm transfers in the State of California, and the Constitution. Today, we once again have a Democrat on The Republican Professor podcast, Senior District Court Judge Anthony Ishii. Judge Ishii is an expert on this particular topic, because it was before him in 2014 in federal court in central California. Judge Ishii was appointed to the federal bench by President Bill Clinton. And to his great credit he gets the right answer for the right reasons here in this case called Silvester v. Harris, 41 F. Supp. 3d 927 (2014). The defendant in that case was the State of California, represented in her capacity as Attorney General by one Kamala Harris -- perhaps you've heard of her. Judge Ishii's correct judicial reasoning was overturned by the Democrat dominated 9th Circuit before President Trump was elected. They ignored his correct analysis in order to go back to the status quo, which was that the government can do whatever the H---- it wants to its citizens in the realm of firearm regulation, no matter how arbitrary and capricious. Judge Ishii had a problem with that regime, even as a California Democrat. So Judge Ishii joins us through his judicial writing, his findings of fact and judgment in a bench trial on the matter in Silvester v. Kamala Harris (2014). The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-the-point-of-constitutional-law, pro-correcting-powerful-people-wrong-on-the-Second-Amendment podcast. Therefore, welcome Senior Judge Anthony Ishii ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Today, we have a Democrat on The Republican Professor podcast, Senior District Court Judge Anthony Ishii. Our topic is California's 10 day waiting period and the Second Amendment. Judge Ishii is an expert on that particular topic, because it was before him in 2014 in federal court in central California. Judge Ishii was appointed to the federal bench by President Bill Clinton. And to his great credit he gets the right answer for the right reasons here in this case called Silvester v. Harris, 41 F. Supp. 3d 927 (2014). The defendant in that case was the State of California, represented in her capacity as Attorney General by one Kamala Harris -- perhaps you've heard of her. Judge Ishii's correct judicial reasoning was overturned by the Democrat dominated 9th Circuit before President Trump was elected. They ignored his correct analysis in order to go back to the status quo, which was that the government can do whatever the H---- it wants to its citizens in the realm of firearm regulation, no matter how arbitrary and capricious. Judge Ishii had a problem with that regime, even as a California Democrat. So Judge Ishii joins us through his judicial writing, his findings of fact and judgment in a bench trial on the matter in Silvester v. Kamala Harris (2014). The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-the-point-of-constitutional-law, pro-correcting-powerful-people-wrong-on-the-Second-Amendment podcast. Therefore, welcome Senior Judge Anthony Ishii ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

We're in part 2 on anger and hatred in the Bible and normative American Politics. Today's guest is, again, a Mark O. Hatfield (R, Oregon) type of Republican, Dr. Vernon Grounds, Ph.D., former Chancellor, President, and long-time professor of Philosophy and founder of the Counseling Department at Denver Seminary, where TRP's host Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. knew Dr. Grounds during Dr. Mather's graduate student days. Our topic today on The Republican Professor Podcast, to reiterate, falls within emotional problems and American Politics. Last Fall, we did a series on Anxiety and American Politics. We return today with a focus on the concepts and phenomena of Anger and Hatred in Biblical and Political Phenomonenology in the American context. I can think of no better guest than Dr. Grounds, who is a rare bird in that he was one of the first to get the in depth Psychology training--a Ph.D. in Psychology--and applied that to Christian ministry and Apologetics. Dr. Grounds got his bachelors from Rutgers during the Great Depression, and struggled mightily with his Christian faith. He got seminary training, and later a Ph.D. in Psychology from Drew University, where he wrote a dissertation on the concept of love in the thought of Sigmund Freud. He wrote several books, but the one we discuss and read from today is his "Emotional Problems and the Gospel" (Zondervan, 1976). The Amazon link is here: https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Problems-Gospel-Vernon-Grounds/dp/031025311X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=173GZ03N0T8JF&keywords=vernon+grounds+emotional&qid=1698937363&s=instant-video&sprefix=vernon+grounds+emotional%2Cinstant-video%2C124&sr=1-1-catcorr Since Dr. Ground died before we were able to record this with him, he joins this episode through his first chapter in the above book, which he titled "The Bible and Anxiety, Part 1." The Republican Professor is a pro-mental-health-in-politics, pro-ultimate-issues podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Vernon Grounds, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Today's return guest is a Mark O. Hatfield (R, Oregon) type of Republican, Dr. Vernon Grounds, Ph.D., former Chancellor, President, and long-time professor of Philosophy and founder of the Counseling Department at Denver Seminary, where TRP's host Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. knew Dr. Grounds during Dr. Mather's graduate student days. Our topic today on The Republican Professor Podcast is emotional problems and American Politics. Last Fall, we did a series on Anxiety and American Politics. We return today with a focus on the concepts and phenomena of Anger and Hatred in Biblical and Political Phenomonenology in the American context. I can think of no better guest than Dr. Grounds, who is a rare bird in that he was one of the first to get the in depth Psychology training--a Ph.D. in Psychology--and applied that to Christian ministry and Apologetics. Dr. Grounds got his bachelors from Rutgers during the Great Depression, and struggled mightily with his Christian faith. He got seminary training, and later a Ph.D. in Psychology from Drew University, where he wrote a dissertation on the concept of love in the thought of Sigmund Freud. He wrote several books, but the one we discuss and read from today is his "Emotional Problems and the Gospel" (Zondervan, 1976). The Amazon link is here: https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Problems-Gospel-Vernon-Grounds/dp/031025311X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=173GZ03N0T8JF&keywords=vernon+grounds+emotional&qid=1698937363&s=instant-video&sprefix=vernon+grounds+emotional%2Cinstant-video%2C124&sr=1-1-catcorr Since Dr. Ground died before we were able to record this with him, he joins this episode through his first chapter in the above book, which he titled "The Bible and Anxiety, Part 1." The Republican Professor is a pro-mental-health-in-politics, pro-ultimate-issues podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Vernon Grounds, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Our return guest today on The Republican Professor Podcast is the former professor of Theology at the University of Hamburg in West Germany, Dr. Helmut Thielicke, Ph.D., D.Theol. (Philosophy and Theology). Professor Thielicke once again joins us through his teaching in his Theological Ethics, Vol. 2: Politics. My copy was purchased at Old Capitol Books (new location) in Monterey, California, across from Nick the Greek restaurant on Alvarado Street (their old location was 559 Tyler, across from the Peet's Coffee and was formerly Book Haven for many years), and is a hard copy published in 1969 by Fortress Press and edited by William H. Lazareth. Thielicke died before he was able to come on to The Republican Professor Podcast. We thank Fortress Press for making the book available. Check out their catalogue for a full listing of their very interesting titles, and buy one. Get a copy of this for yourself and following along in our transformative, performative reading of it as we make fair use of his insights, with fresh scholarly commentary from me, and allow it to shape our understanding of American Politics. This is part 4 in a series on The Republican Professor Podcast, an introduction to theological reflection on American government. Here, we broach the topic of the nature and power of "ideology" in Communist eschatology. Our very special guest today is, once again, the esteemed and long-time Professor of Theology at the University of Hamburg, Helmut Thielicke. And I've invited Professor Thielicke to join us today through my performative reading (with my scholarly commentary upon) and fair use of his teaching on this topic in his magisterial "Theological Ethics, Volume 2: Politics." My copy of the book was published in 1969 by Fortress Press. Please buy a copy of the book and follow along with our study of this material. Here's a link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/Theological-Ethics-Politics-Helmut-Thielicke/dp/0802817920 Please, please support your brick and mortar used book dealers as well. Professor Thielicke died before we were able to invite him in person as a guest on the podcast. Thanks to Fortress Press, the book is still in print and would be a valuable addition, indeed, to your personal library. Please support the work of Fortress Press and buy the book, and check out the other selections that they carry, as well. The Republican Professor Podcast is a pro-deeply-conversing-on-the-theological-aspects-of-the-nature-of-government podcast. Therefore, welcome Professor Helmut Thielicke ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/

Our special guest on this passion week episode, 2024 (Good Friday, Easter Weekend) is the former Professor of Ancient History at The Sorbonne in Paris, Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges. He joins us to discuss what he calls "The Omnipotence of the State: The Ancients Knew Nothing of Individual Liberty", his chapter XVII of The Ancient City (La Cite Antique), published in 1864 and translated into English by Willard Smith in 1873. My copy was published by Doubleday in 1956. Fustel de Coulanges joins us through his writing as we see how Christianity and its Jewish ancestors changed all that, with a Good Friday reflection for today. Here's a Brett Kavanaugh resource on the purpose of separation of powers to protect individual liberty (p. 22) : https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/from-the-bench.pdf The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-contemplating-individual-liberty-and-separation-of-powers podcast. Therefore, welcome Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges !

Our guest today defends the most vulnerable people, often at his own substantial cost, from bureaucrats who use the police power of the state to abuse Americans. Does the Second Amendment protect the right to keep and bear non-lethal arms? If it protects the right to keep and bear lethal arms for self-defense, a fortiori, it would seem so. Butterfly knives can be used for self-defense without deploying the blade, and so can baseball bats be used for lawful purposes, including self-defense. Yet Democratic states like Hawai'i, California, Rhode Island have criminalized this innocent conduct, primarily using its prosecutorial discretion to enforce only against the most vulnerable, low income residents of those states, and Democrats have done so for decades prior to enough Republican judicial appointees to make a difference in turning this tide. Mr. Alan Beck sues Hawai'i for infringement of the rights of American Samoans, Green Card holders, and Hawai'ian residents and wins. As a result of his cases on behalf of low income, vulnerable people, anti-Second-Amendment laws in several states have come to an end. His cases have overturned California and Hawai'ian laws that are selectively enforced against low income people bearing billy clubs for self-defense, butterfly knives and stun guns, as well as ensured open carry in the 9th Circuit Democratic strongholds such as the island county of Hawai'i (Big Island). He has also won the right to carry guns on beaches in Maui. Here are links to some of his cases: Judge Benitez (US District Court, So Cal)'s reasoning for striking down California State's criminalization of the innocent conduct of simple possession of billy clubs and batons. https://assets.nationbuilder.com/firearmspolicycoalition/pages/5882/attachments/original/1710186934/2024.03.11_069_OPINION.pdf?1710186934 Teter v. Lopez (2023) 9th Circuit 3-Republican-Judge Panel striking down Hawai'i State's criminalization of innocent conduct of simple possession of butterfly knives. https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5867277631911526691&q=teter+v+lopez&hl=en&as_sdt=2003 The original 2018 Young v. Hawai'i 9th Circuity 3-Republican-Judge Panel striking down Hawai'i State's criminalization of the innocent conduct of simple possession of butterfly knives. https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=6052697244371933777&q=young+v.+hawaii&hl=en&as_sdt=2003 The above case was lost en banc, but then US Supreme Court granted cert, vacated and remanded the en banc panel. The Republican Professor Podcast is a pro-defending-the-vulnerable-against-bureaucrats-and-politicians-who-criminalize-innocent-conduct podcast. Therefore, welcome Mr. Alan Beck ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/

How should we define these terms "Left" and "Right" ? What do they, and what should they mean ? We take a break from our time with Professor Helmut Thielicke (Theology, Univ. Hamburg, Germany) to have an excursus on the topic that Thielicke raised and that we discussed here on The Republican Professor Podcast. And that topic is: What is Left ? What is Right ? A Study of Political Extremism, and our special guest on the podcast today is W. Cleon Skousen. Professor Skousen died before we were able to get him on the podcast in person. Professor Skousen joins us through his teaching in his pamphlet by the same name / title. My copy was originally published by the Freeman Institute in 1981 in Salt Lake City, Utah. I had a copy as a teenager that I read carefully when I was a high school student. I have since found another copy on Ebay, and if you can find a copy, I highly recommend purchasing it. We thank the Freeman Institute for making it available back then. Professor Skousen died before we were able to get him on the podcast in person. The Republican Professor Podcast is a pro-correctly-defining-Left-and-Right podcast. Therefore, welcome Professor W. Cleon Skousen ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack

This is part 3 in a series on The Republican Professor Podcast, an introduction to theological reflection on American government. Here, we broach the topic of the "power state," or the "totalitarian state," what our guest calls a "pseudo church." Our very special guest today is, once again, the esteemed and long-time Professor of Theology at the University of Hamburg, Helmut Thielicke. And I've invited Professor Thielicke to join us today through my performative reading (with my scholarly commentary upon) and fair use of his teaching on this topic in his magisterial "Theological Ethics, Volume 2: Politics." My copy of the book was published in 1969 by Fortress Press. Please buy a copy of the book and follow along with our study of this material. Here's a link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/Theological-Ethics-Politics-Helmut-Thielicke/dp/0802817920 Please, please support your brick and mortar used book dealers as well. Professor Thielicke died before we were able to invite him in person as a guest on the podcast. Thanks to Fortress Press, the book is still in print and would be a valuable addition, indeed, to your personal library. Please support the work of Fortress Press and buy the book, and check out the other selections that they carry, as well. The Republican Professor Podcast is a pro-deeply-conversing-on-the-theological-aspects-of-the-nature-of-government podcast. Therefore, welcome Professor Helmut Thielicke ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/

This is part 2 in a series on The Republican Professor Podcast, an introduction to theological foundations of American government, continuing our theological reflection on the "authority" of government per se. Again, to help us with this topic, our very special guest today is the long-time Professor of Theology at the University of Hamburg, Helmut Thielicke. And I've invited Professor Thielicke to join us today through my performative reading (with my scholarly commentary upon) and fair use of his teaching on this topic in his magisterial "Theological Ethics, Volume 2: Politics." My copy of the book was published in 1969 by Fortress Press. Please buy a copy of the book and follow along with our study of this material. Here's a link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/Theological-Ethics-Politics-Helmut-Thielicke/dp/0802817920 Professor Thielicke died before we were able to invite him in person as a guest on the podcast. But thanks to Fortress Press, the book is still in print and would be a valuable addition, indeed, to your personal library. Please support the work of Fortress Press and buy the book, and check out the other selections that they carry, as well. The Republican Professor Podcast is a pro-deeply-conversing-on-the-theological-nature-of-government podcast. Therefore, welcome Professor Helmut Thielicke ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/

Today's topic on The Republican Professor Podcast is an introduction to theological foundations of American government, starting with the theological reflection on the "authority" of government per se. And to help us with this topic, our very special guest today is the long-time Professor of Theology at the University of Hamburg, Helmut Thielicke. And I've invited Professor Thielicke to join us today through my performative reading (with my scholarly commentary upon) and fair use of his teaching on this topic in his magisterial "Theological Ethics, Volume 2: Politics." My copy of the book was published in 1969 by Fortress Press. Please buy a copy of the book and follow along with our study of this material. Here's a link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/Theological-Ethics-Politics-Helmut-Thielicke/dp/0802817920 Professor Thielicke died before we were able to invite him physically as a guest on the podcast. But thanks to Fortress Press, the book is still in print and would be a valuable addition, indeed, to your personal library. Please support the work of Fortress Press and buy the book, and check out the other selections that they carry, as well. The Republican Professor Podcast is a pro-deeply-conversing-on-the-theological-nature-of-government podcast. Therefore, welcome Professor Helmut Thielicke ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/

Today's topic on The Republican Professor Podcast is the doctrine of "sensitive places" as an attempt to curb the right to bear arms, and to help us through that topic, our guest is the youngest judge appointed to the federal bench by President Trump, Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, who was confirmed by a Republican US Senate. She is a trial court judge in Florida. Judge Mizelle joins us today through her judicial writing in her order in U.S. v. Ayala, entered 12 January 2024. The Republican Professor Podcast is a pro-correctly-understanding-the-police-power, pro-accurately-capturing-Civil-Liberties, pro-correcting-outlining-and-enforcing-the-Second-Amendment podcast. Therefore, welcome Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/

Today's topic is Religious Liberty versus Public Health, namely a vaccine mandate, and the case is from early 2020, and the guest is James Ho. The Honorable Judge James Ho joins us through his judicial writing, his opinion published in Brett Horvath v. City of Leander, TX, which is in the 946th volume of the 3rd series of the Federal Reporter starting on page 796 (946 F. 3d 787 at 796, Ho, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part). Judge Ho was appointed to the Fifth Circuit by President Donald Trump and confirmed by a Republican US Senate. We also talk about requirements under precedent, but not under text and original public understanding, of the requirements for qualified immunity in 42 USC § 1983 claims. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-contemplating-the-religion-clauses-of-the-First-Amendment, pro-getting-a-grip-on-qualified-immunity podcast. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Today's special guest on The Republican Professor Podcast is the Hon. Brett Kavanaugh, former judge on the U.S Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Former Judge Kavanaugh was nominated to the D.C. Circuit by President George W. Bush and confirmed by a Republican U.S. Senate in 2006. Prior to that, Brett Kavanaugh worked in the White House as a staff secretary to the president. Judge Kavanaugh was nominated to the US Supreme Court in 2018 by President Donald Trump, and confirmed again by a Republican U.S. Senate. Former Judge Kavanaugh joins us today on TRP Podcast through his judicial writing, his dissenting opinion in Heller v. District of Columbia 670 F.3d 1269 (2011), Kavanaugh, J., dissenting. He would have struck down the so-called "assault weapon" ban imposed on semi-automatic rifles in D.C. in the wake of District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008). Multiple time TRP Podcast guest Dr. Stephen P. Halbrook, J.D., Ph.D. argued the 2011 case before Judge Kavanaugh on the D.C. Circuit. Judge Kavanaugh agreed with Dr. Halbrook, in dissent. The Republican Professor Podcast is a pro-correctly-understanding-the-police-power, pro-accurately-capturing-Civil-Liberties podcast. Therefore, welcome Brett Kavanaugh ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/

Today's guest on The Republican Professor podcast is a Democrat, the honorable Rufus Peckham, former associate justice on the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Justice Peckham was nominated to the high Court by President Grover Cleveland and confirmed by a Republican United States Senate. Mr. Peckham joins us today through his judicial writing, his decision for the Court in the matter of Lochner v. New York, decided April of 1905. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-a correct-understanding-of-the-Police-power-of-the-State podcast. Therefore, welcome Justice Rufus Peckam, Democrat, former Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court . The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/

Today's guest on The Republican Professor Podcast is once again Judge Laurence VanDyke. He serves as a federal appellate judge on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (U.S.). This is the federal appellate court for California. He was confirmed by the Senate after being appointed to the federal bench by President Donald J. Trump. Judge VanDyke joins us today through his judicial writing, his judgment in McDougal v. Ventura County (20 Jan 2022). To access the text for yourself and follow along (which I highly suggest), scroll down to Jan 20, 2022 (Opinion) and click the link, https://michellawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022-01-20-Opinion.pdf. You can have your own copy. This is a link to the law firm Michel and Associates. Chuck Michel, president of the 150 year old California Rifle and Pistol Association, was a multi-time guest on The Republican Professor podcast in 2022. Here is the Firearms Policy Coalition link to the same copy: https://www.firearmspolicy.org/mcdougall The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-the-Second-Amendment podcast. Therefore, welcome Judge Laurence VanDyke, US 9th Circuit Court Judge . The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/

This is part 2 on COVID, California, and the Second Amendment. Today's guest on The Republican Professor Podcast is the Hon. Laurence VanDyke. He serves as a judge on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (U.S.). It's the federal appellate court for California. He was confirmed by the Senate after being appointed to the federal bench by President Donald J. Trump. Judge VanDyke joins us today through his judicial writing, his judgment in McDougal v. Ventura County (20 Jan 2022). To access the text for yourself and follow along (which I highly suggest), scroll down to Jan 20, 2022 (Opinion) and click the link, https://michellawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022-01-20-Opinion.pdf. You can have your own copy. This is a link to the law firm Michel and Associates. Chuck Michel, president of the 150 year old California Rifle and Pistol Association, was a multi-time guest on The Republican Professor podcast in 2022. Here is the Firearms Policy Coalition link to the same copy: https://www.firearmspolicy.org/mcdougall The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-the-Second-Amendment podcast. Therefore, welcome Roger T. Benitez, US District Court Judge for the Southern District of California. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Today's guest on The Republican Professor Podcast is the Hon. Laurence VanDyke. He serves as a judge on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (U.S.). He was confirmed by the Senate after being appointed to the federal bench by President Donald J. Trump. Judge VanDyke joins us today through his judicial writing, his judgment in McDougal v. Ventura County (20 Jan 2022). To access the text for yourself and follow along (which I highly suggest), scroll down to Jan 20, 2022 (Opinion) and click the link, https://michellawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022-01-20-Opinion.pdf. You can have your own copy. This is a link to the law firm Michel and Associates. Chuck Michel, president of the 150 year old California Rifle and Pistol Association, was a multi-time guest on The Republican Professor podcast in 2022. Here is the Firearms Policy Coalition link to the same copy: https://www.firearmspolicy.org/mcdougall The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-the-Second-Amendment podcast. Therefore, welcome Roger T. Benitez, US District Court Judge for the Southern District of California. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Welcome back for the final segment on the topic of magazine capacity and the Second Amendment. Welcome back for part 4 of 4. Once again, today's guest on The Republican Professor Podcast is the Honorable Roger T. Benitez who serves as a trial court judge at the US District Court for the Southern District of California. He was appointed to the federal bench by President George W. Bush. Judge Benitez joins us in studio today through his judicial writing, his decision in Duncan v. Bonta, September 22, 2023. This is part 3 on the topic of magazine capacity and the Second Amendment. To access the text for yourself and follow along (which I highly suggest), scroll down to Sept 22, 2023 and click the link. You can have your own copy. This is a link to the law firm Michel and Associates. Chuck Michel, president of the 150 year old California Rifle and Pistol Association, was a multi-time guest on The Republican Professor podcast in 2022. https://michellawyers.com/duncan-v-becerra/ https://michellawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-09-22-Decision-Signed-by-Judge-R.-Benitez2263869.1.pdf The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-the-Second-Amendment podcast. Therefore, welcome Roger T. Benitez, US District Court Judge for the Southern District of California. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Today we are so very blessed to have with us, in studio, for part 3, today's guest on The Republican Professor Podcast, the Honorable Roger T. Benitez who serves as a trial court judge at the US District Court for the Southern District of California. He was appointed to the federal bench by President George W. Bush. Judge Benitez joins us through his judicial writing, his decision in Duncan v. Bonta, September 22, 2023. This is part 3 on the topic of magazine capacity and the Second Amendment. To access the text for yourself and follow along (which I highly suggest), scroll down to Sept 22, 2023 and click the link. You can have your own copy. This is a link to the law firm Michel and Associates. Chuck Michel, president of the 150 year old California Rifle and Pistol Association, was a multi-time guest on The Republican Professor podcast in 2022. https://michellawyers.com/duncan-v-becerra/ https://michellawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-09-22-Decision-Signed-by-Judge-R.-Benitez2263869.1.pdf The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-the-Second-Amendment podcast. Therefore, welcome Roger T. Benitez, US District Court Judge for the Southern District of California. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Once again, for part 2, today's guest on The Republican Professor Podcast is the Honorable Roger T. Benitez who serves as a trial court judge at the US District Court for the Southern District of California. He was appointed to the federal bench by President George W. Bush. Judge Benitez joins us through his judicial writing, his decision in Duncan v. Bonta, September 22, 2023. To access the text for yourself and follow along (which I highly suggest), scroll down to Sept 22, 2023 and click the link. You can have your own copy. This is a link to the law firm Michel and Associates. Chuck Michel, president of the 150 year old California Rifle and Pistol Association, was a multi-time guest on The Republican Professor podcast in 2022. https://michellawyers.com/duncan-v-becerra/ https://michellawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-09-22-Decision-Signed-by-Judge-R.-Benitez2263869.1.pdf The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-the-Second-Amendment podcast. Therefore, welcome Roger T. Benitez, US District Court Judge for the Southern District of California. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Today's guest on The Republican Professor Podcast is the Honorable Roger T. Benitez who serves as a trial court judge at the US District Court for the Southern District of California. He was appointed to the federal bench by President George W. Bush. Judge Benitez joins us through his judicial writing, his decision in Duncan v. Bonta, September 22, 2023. To access the text for yourself and follow along (which I highly suggest), scroll down to Sept 22, 2023 and click the link. You can have your own copy. This is a link to the law firm Michel and Associates. Chuck Michel, president of the 150 year old California Rifle and Pistol Association, was a multi-time guest on The Republican Professor podcast in 2022. https://michellawyers.com/duncan-v-becerra/ The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-the-Second-Amendment podcast. Therefore, welcome Roger T. Benitez, US District Court Judge for the Southern District of California. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

For our fourth and final episode on the ever-relevant topic of The Bible and Anxiety, today's return guest is, once again, author of several books including "Emotional Problems and the Gospel," Dr. Vernon Grounds, Ph.D., founder of the counseling department at and former Chancellor, President, and long-time professor of Philosophy and Counseling at Denver Seminary. Dr. Grounds got his bachelors from Rutgers during the Great Depression, and struggled mightily with his Christian faith. He got seminary training, and later a Ph.D. in Psychology from Drew University, where he wrote a dissertation on the concept of love in the thought of Sigmund Freud. Vernon wrote several books, but the one we discuss and read from today is his "Emotional Problems and the Gospel" (Zondervan, 1976). Since Dr. Ground died before we were able to record this with him, he joins this episode through his fourth chapter in the above book, which he titled "The Bible and Anxiety, Part 4." The Republican Professor is a pro-mental-health-in-politics, pro-ultimate-issues podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Vernon Grounds, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

If you'd like to comment on an episode privately, or are interested in materially supporting the podcast, you may send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com, or subscribe to the Substack for free (link below). Today's return guest is, once again, on the topic of "Emotional Problems and the Gospel," Dr. Vernon Grounds, Ph.D., founder of the counseling department at and former Chancellor, President, and long-time professor of Philosophy and Counseling at Denver Seminary, who continues with us on the specific topic of "The Bible and Anxiety, Part III". Dr. Grounds got his bachelors from Rutgers during the Great Depression, and struggled mightily with his Christian faith. He got seminary training, and later a Ph.D. in Psychology from Drew University, where he wrote a dissertation on the concept of love in the thought of Sigmund Freud. He wrote several books, but the one we discuss and read from today is his "Emotional Problems and the Gospel" (Zondervan, 1976). Since Dr. Ground died before we were able to record this with him, he joins this episode through his third chapter in the above book, which he titled "The Bible and Anxiety, Part 3." The Republican Professor is a pro-mental-health-in-politics, pro-ultimate-issues podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Vernon Grounds, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Today's guest is, once again, on the topic of "Emotional Problems and the Gospel," Dr. Vernon Grounds, Ph.D., former Chancellor, President, and long-time professor of Philosophy and Counseling at Denver Seminary, who continues with us on the specific topic of "The Bible and Anxiety, Part II". Dr. Grounds got his bachelors from Rutgers during the Great Depression, and struggled mightily with his Christian faith. He got seminary training, and later a Ph.D. in Psychology from Drew University, where he wrote a dissertation on the concept of love in the thought of Sigmund Freud. He wrote several books, but the one we discuss and read from today is his "Emotional Problems and the Gospel" (Zondervan, 1976). Since Dr. Ground died before we were able to record this with him, he joins this episode through his second chapter in the above book, which he titled "The Bible and Anxiety, Part 2." The Republican Professor is a pro-mental-health-in-politics, pro-ultimate-issues podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Vernon Grounds, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Today's guest is a Mark O. Hatfield type of Republican, Dr. Vernon Grounds, Ph.D., former Chancellor, President, and long-time professor of Philosophy and Counseling at Denver Seminary. Dr. Grounds got his bachelors from Rutgers during the Great Depression, and struggled mightily with his Christian faith. He got seminary training, and later a Ph.D. in Psychology from Drew University, where he wrote a dissertation on the concept of love in the thought of Sigmund Freud. He wrote several books, but the one we discuss and read from today is his "Emotional Problems and the Gospel" (Zondervan, 1976). Since Dr. Ground died before we were able to record this with him, he joins this episode through his first chapter in the above book, which he titled "The Bible and Anxiety, Part 1." The Republican Professor is a pro-mental-health-in-politics, pro-ultimate-issues podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Vernon Grounds, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Dr. Jeff Barke, M.D. is perhaps the most Liberty-conscious physician in America. He carries a copy of the Constitution with him where ever he goes. He's not just interested in making money: He's very disturbed by the threats to Liberty we've continued to witness in California and beyond, and he puts his money where his mouth is in a beautiful, refreshing spirit of public service. Dr. Barke co- founded the only school in California that is fully officially affiliated with Hillsdale College in Michigan, and it costs nothing to the students to attend because it is a public (tax-funded) charter school. It's called Orange County Classical Academy in Orange County, California. The students don't need to stress about having the latest fashion of expensive clothes because everyone wears a school uniform so that they can concentrate more on their studies and less on being cool. The foreign language requirement is Latin so that they can understand, in the original language, the classical underpinnings of Western Civilization. The amazing backstory to how and why this Academy was founded is summarized by Jeff here in this conversation. There is an interesting connection we discover between us: The Hillsdale official who had to sign off on the Academy's Hillsdale affiliation was a Ph.D. classmate of TRP Podcast producer and host, Dr. Lucas J. Mather. Her name is Katy Arnn -- well, now, Dr. Katy O'Toole, Ph.D. -- Larry Arnn's daughter. (Mather and both Arnns got their PhDs from Claremont Graduate School in the Politics Department). Dr. Jeff Barke, M.D. grew up as a public school kid himself in the Valley in Lost Angeles. He graduated from the University of Southern California and UC Irvine's Medical School and is a Board Certified Physician in California. He is a major in the United States Army Reserve Medical Corps, and has been an elected official for a decade in his local public school board in Orange County. As a Jewish man, he carries a firearm with him at all times. He views it as a right and a duty to defend innocent life against great bodily injury or death. He's well-trained as a reserve law enforcement officer for a local agency. Dr. Jeff Barke, M.D. believes that Liberty has a whole lot to do with everything, including his craft, Medicine. Essential to the standard of care is making sure that any person has proper informed consent before receiving any medical intervention, whether any vaccine or mole removal. What does that entail ? It means that the patient understands, and has a copy of, in writing, the backstory of how the vaccine came to market, what the characteristics of the studies were, exactly, and what the ingredients were, including any possible side-effects that may result. The patient has to be clear about this before, and as a condition of, the care or treatment received, as an essential bioethical component of the standard of care in medicine. This is not a new feature of medicine, but it apparently has been forgotten. Dr. Jeff Barke, M.D. takes every Friday to remind as many as who will listen about what exactly informed consent means on a different aspect of intervention, each and every Friday by Instagram reel. The history of these past reels are accessible. Each reel is less than 2 minutes and is highly informative. Dr. Barke offers a subscription on Meta for $4.99 a month where he goes in depth on wholistic health practices that try to prevent any unnecessary medical interventions or Big Pharma dependence. Check out his Instagram page, here : https://www.instagram.com/rxforliberty/ Find Dr. Jeff Barke, M.D. online at his website, https://www.rxforliberty.com/ The Republican Professor is a pro-liberty-in-medicine, pro-public-school-done-right podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Jeff Barke, M.D., Instagram's @RxForLiberty, a prescription for Liberty, indeed. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: The_Republican_Professor

Mr. Alan Gottlieb, Founder of the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) joins us today to pay tribute to the late Sam Slom, who was elected to the Hawai'i State Senate when TRP's producer and host (Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.) lived in Hawai'i. In fact, Dr. Mather recalls passing Slom's campaign or senate office either in Hawai'i Kai or Kahala (I think the Kahala Mall) back in 1996 or 1997. Sam Slom served as Hawai'i State Senator from 1996 to 2016 in East Honolulu and was the only Republican in the State Senate. He was one of the founding Board Member of The Second Amendment Foundation in 1974. Mr. Sam Slom was one of the good Republicans defending the right to keep and bear arms and invididual liberty , and it's an honor to remember him here. Mr. Alan Gottlieb, Founder of The Second Amendment Foundation helps us do just that. We also discuss a bit about the kinds of cases that SAF is involved in, including some recent and famous ones. Recently, SAF won a preliminary injunction against California's arbitrary and capricious 10+ magazine confiscation scheme. Historicallly and famously, SAF won at the US Supreme Court in D.C. v. Heller (2008) and representing plaintiff Otis McDonald in McDonald v. Chicago (2010). In that latter case, the City of Chicago spent a million dollars to deprive this black man of his right to self defense absent police protection . If this sounds good to you, become a supporter of this work at https://saf.org/join-saf/ Enormous progress has been made ! The work continues. The first time TRP host Dr. Mather studied the Second Amendment academically was at Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay in 1999 in a required State and Federal Government course for his undergraduate college, Wayland Baptist University Hawai'i. The professor for the course used a textbook that gave scant and misleading information about the history, text, scope, and meaning of the Second Amendment and the right to keep and bear arms. During that time, and a few years before when he saw "Jerry McGuire" (Tom Cruise movie) at Kahala Mall in East Honolulu (the swanky part of "town"), Mather was living downtown at the time, and noticed the office of Sam Slom, Republican elected to the Hawai'i State Senate. Mr. Slom was a Founding Board Member of The Second Amendment Foundation. He served as the only Republican in the Hawai'i State Senate from 1996 to 2016, twenty years ! On The Republican Professor Podcast, what a wonderful opportunity to remember Sam Slom, Mather's time studying the Second Amendment for the first time academically in Hawai'i, and the careful , persistent work of The Second Amendment Foundation. Mr. Alan Gottlieb, Founder of The Second Amendment Foundation, helped us do all that. SAF has won a recent preliminary injunction against the 10+ magazine limit here in California last week . More famously, SAF brought the challenge to DC's onerous registration/home disarmament scheme which they won at the US Supreme Court in 2008 called D.C. v. Heller (2008). We talk about his conversation with Antonin Scalia, what it was like growing up in New York City, why the arbitrary magazine limitation is unconstitutional, how knife laws also should be challenged as problematic under the Second Amendment, and my favorite, what it was like winning the Chicago case called Otis McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010) at the US Supreme Court (filed the day they won Heller). Enormous progress has been made since I saw Sam Slom's office in East Honolulu and spoke with him and his team in 1996. The textbooks no longer can afford to give the disfavored Second Amendment short shrift. That has everything to do with the hard , persistent work since then . Glad to be a part of it and to have had the opportunity to document it on The Republican Professor podcast. The work continues. The Republican Professor is a pro-Second-Amendment podcast. Therefore, welcome Mr. Alan Gottieb, founder of The Second Amendment Foundation. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this podcast, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Thanks for subscribing. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack

When I first met our guest today, it was during the administration of George W. Bush in 2007 at the Starbucks near Ralphs in Malibu, California between Pepperdine classes. Dr. Kaufman was discussing anything and everything with anyone who would stop by to chat, from students to homeless-looking billionaires to homeless looking homeless people. He reminded me of a real-life Socrates in the Agora, except with a nice tie. Professor Robert G. Kaufman has taught at the Pepperdine School of Public Policy in Malibu, California since 2004. Before that, Dr. Kaufman was tenured in Bernie Sanders' country at the University of Vermont as the only Republican faculty member. He has 4 degrees from Columbia University in New York City, including a Great Books background as undergraduate and a Ph.D. Kaufman's law degrees are from Georgetown (JD) and his advance law studies in dispute resolution were from Pepperdine Law's famous Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution program in Malibu, California. The discussion today includes his controversial book "In Defense of the Bush Doctrine" (University of Kentucky Press, 2007) as well as its sister book that came nearly a decade later with the same themes, "Dangerous Doctrine: how Obama's Grand Strategy Weakened America (University of Kentucky Press, 2016). Those books defend what he urges that a prudent, historically learned president would decide, given the right lessons from the Civil War, WW 1, WW 2, the Cold War, and the first Gulf War. He stands by his arguments and conclusions in those books despite the well-spring of isolationist rhetoric creeping back into Republican Party politics, allegedly inspired by Trump. Kaufman voted for Trump and would again, so he's not a Never Trumper. But he's not an Always Trumper, as well. And the dangers of either side are worth paying close attention to. Professor Kaufman also offers critical reflection on presidents Trump and Biden, and suggestions for a way forward with our most critical, pressing challenges. We also incidently mention an earlier book that I read two decades ago, his biography of the Democrat US senator from Washington, Henry "Scoop" Jackson, who had the correct view of Nixon's detente and who helped establish the Reagan Doctrine that won the Cold War with the Soviet Union. The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-a-better-grip-on-the-right-foreign-policy podcast. Therefore, welcome the one and only Professor Robert G. Kaufman of the Pepperdine School of Public Policy in Malibu, California. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack

"No one talks to us like this," the young men on campus say to Dr. Anthony Bradley, Ph.D., long time professor of Religious Studies at Kings College in Manhattan, NYC, & now Distinguished Research Fellow at Acton Institute. https://www.acton.org/about/staff/anthony-b-bradley In Part 1, he talks about the loss to New York City of all of its Christian colleges, including Kings College, and begins to talk about his process for writing his books, including being motivated by anger. In Part 2, Dr. Bradley talks about being motivated by anger as a Christian scholar, that young men are hungry for models of virtue, and the basis for his hope for the future. We had a few technical difficulties, which we overcame with Dr. Bradley's quite remarkable patience and kindness. Part 2 picks up the speed with the rest of the interview where we cover the struggles that men have in today's American culture, the basis for his hope for change, what makes him the most angry, and how he goes about his work, and a bit about his family life. He's written such scholarly books as "Ending Overcriminalization and Mass Incarceration: Hope from Civil Society" (Cambridge University Press, 2018). His latest we discuss at length is called : "Heroic Fraternities: How College Men Can Save Universities and America" (Wipf & Stock, 2023). The Republican Professor is a pro-rightly-using-anger, pro-inculcating-virtue-in-men, pro-saving-America podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Anthony Bradley, Ph.D. The Republican Professor (TRP) Podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this work, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Thanks for subscribing. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack

"No one talks to us like this," the young men on campus say to Dr. Anthony Bradley, Ph.D., long time professor of Religious Studies at Kings College in Manhattan, NYC, & now Distinguished Research Fellow at Acton Institute. https://www.acton.org/about/staff/anthony-b-bradley In this interview, he talks about the loss to New York City of all of its Christian colleges, including Kings College, and begins to talk about his process for writing his books, including being motivated by anger. We had a few technical difficulties, which we overcame with Dr. Bradley's quite remarkable patience and kindness. Part 2 picks up the speed with the rest of the interview where we cover the struggles that men have in today's American culture, the basis for his hope for change, what makes him the most angry, and how he goes about his work, and a bit about his family life. He's written such scholarly books as "Ending Overcriminalization and Mass Incarceration: Hope from Civil Society" (Cambridge University Press, 2018). His latest we discuss at length is called : "Heroic Fraternities: How College Men Can Save Universities and America" (Wipf & Stock, 2023). The Republican Professor is a pro-rightly-using-anger, pro-inculcating-virtue-in-men, pro-saving-America podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Anthony Bradley, Ph.D. The Republican Professor (TRP) Podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. To financially support this work, comment on today's episode, or to make a suggestion for a topic or guest for the podcast or Substack newsletter, send an email to therepublicanprofessor@substack.com . We'd love to hear from you. Thanks for subscribing. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack

In this episode, professor Mather shares the story of when he only had one student , and what he learned about Higher Education from the experience. The Reason Magazine Facebook post referenced in the opening is here . The Republican Professor podcast is a pro-teaching-your-heart-out podcast. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack

Should there be age limits on candidates for election ? We say no, and here's why. This is the second "office hours" chat with fellow liberty-lover @ChartingLiberty's Dale Fincher. The Republican Professor is a pro-rightly-contemplating-Representation-in-Elections podcast. Welcome, Mr. Dale Fincher of @ChartingLiberty ! Feel free to subscribe here and to TRP Substack as well, link below. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack

She's had access to such luminaries as President Bill Clinton and the Washington Post's Kay Graham for her biographies of them, but her very first book was on the woman that seemed to split the country in half, Phyllis Schlafly. Schlafly is most notorious (or famous, depending) for nearly single-handedly stopping the Equal Rights Amendment from most certainly being ratified in my lifetime. How she did that -- and the fact that it is probably only her that could have done something like that -- is an issue in American Politics not many understand. Though it seems you have to at some point grapple with it. But Schlafly was sui generis in every rich nuance of the term. She was more comfortable debating detente with the Soviets and nuclear throw weights. She had a lot of kids, was a serious Catholic, and went to Law School in her fifties. She homeschooled all of her children up to a certain age, taught them all how to read herself, wrote books that were self-published and sold millions of copies, spoke all around the country, sometimes multiple times in one day, traveled hundreds of thousands of miles, and yet answered her own telephone. One could make the argument that she was the most important woman in American Politics in the latter half of the twentieth century -- perhaps the entire twentieth century. Is this real ? Her critics thought she was a phony. And she had millions of critics. My recent thoughts about this topic began in Scottsdale , Arizona, in 2023 at a used bookstore. In the section called "Conservativism," I found a copy of Carol Felsenthal's 1981 Doubleday biography of Schlafly . The book is called "The Sweetheart of the Silent Majority: The Biography of Phyllis Schalfly" by Carol Felsenthal. It began with a story that Schlafly gave her biographer the cold shoulder because of something very critical that Felsenthal had written about Schlafly years prior. Yet this copy had of all things Phyllis Schlafly's signature on it, inscribed for a couple , with best wishes. Now Schalfly had not signed most of the books she herself had written -- copies in the many, many millions. To think that she had signed this one written by someone whom she herself had dissed at some point for being highly critical. This, I had to see. So I reached out to Carol while reading it, and made the offer that she could easily refuse. But she didn't. And we ended up talking for 2 hours about Phyllis Schlafly and Carol's life as a biographer and a writer. Here's an example of the writing she has done for Chicago Magazine, a quite moving piece she did about her brother, an obituary of sorts, the man who had done the title sequences for such famous films as Superman (1978), Alien (1979), and The Untouchables (1987), who had recently died : https://www.chicagomag.com/arts-culture/June-2018/On-the-Life-and-Death-of-My-Brother-Dickie/ The Republican Professor is a pro-understanding-correctly-Phyllis Schlafly podcast. Therefore, welcome, Mrs. Carol Felsenthal, 1981 Doubleday biographer of Phyllis Schlafly. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

The author of the most thorough, clear, interesting and persuasive academic textbook on Constitutional Law of the Second Amendment is today's guest. That book is "America's Rifle: The Case for the AR-15" and the scholar's name is Dr. Stephen P. Halbrook, Ph.D., J.D. Get it today and buy a copy for a friend or family member. Share this book, and read it carefully yourself -- you will not regret it for a second. Guest co-hosting this episode today is Instagram's @highcalibernc , Heather Allen, a firearms educator and concealed carry instructor, and candidate for city council in North Carolina. For a brief review of the book and a link to buy it, see TRP Substack's write up at https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/p/the-best-second-amendment-academic The Republican Professor is a pro-rightly-contemplating-the-Constitution, pro-correct-understanding-of-the-Second-Amendment, pro-taking-productive-action-to-defend-liberty podcast. Therefore, welcome Constitutional legal scholar and attorney Dr. Stephen P. Halbrook, Ph.D., J.D. & conceal carry instructor @highcalibernc, Heather Allen of North Carolina. Please subscribe here and at TRP Substack. It helps us cobble together the resources necessary to continue in this vitally important work. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Dr. Jonathan Fuqua, Ph.D. teaches full time with Benedictine monks in Missouri, but before that he was a jock, played football, and majored in PE as an undergraduate. He has five kids and has been married for 20 years. And he sensed a calling to do a Ph.D. dissertation in Philosophy at Purdue University on Common Sense Epistemology. He is an expert, a legit expert, in the philosophy of Common Sense. And yes , there is such a thing to be an expert in, and he's one of them. He's publishing a co-authored academic paper on the rationality and morality of Trump voters (2016, 2020) where he argues that the demonization of Trump voters is not properly based in justification, evidence, knowledge or common sense morality. The papers referenced in this episode can as of this date be viewed on Jonathan's Academia.edu page here : https://conception.academia.edu/JonathanFuqua The Republican Professor is a pro-Common-Sense-Morality, pro-Common-Sense-Epistemology podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Jonathan Fuqua, Ph.D., colleague of Benedictine monks and expert in the Common Sense philosophical tradition. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Please subscribe here and at TRP Substack, linked below. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

It's wonderful to listen to Mr. Jeffrey Tucker opine on anything, and here he does in some detail on what he thinks of RFK, Jr. and anything related to the recent public health panic and civil and economic liberties. Mr. Jeffrey Tucker writes for the Epoch Times and is founder of Brownstone Institute, and joins us to talk about what we like and don't like about Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s run for 2024 President of the United States. I have some serious concerns about him, but Jeffrey is a fan. There's very helpful writing featured at Jeffrey's website. Check out Brownstone Institute here: https://brownstone.org/ and subscribe to The Epoch Times to read Jeffrey's regular writing there on economic issues and civil liberty. Guest co-hosting this episode is Jonalyn Fincher Art Studio out of Exeter, New Hamsphire, who has been featured on local TV for her current watercolor exhibit on Masks & Lockdowns -- art as a way to deal with the trauma of the public health panic in recent years. You can see the TV interview here : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l3KegrbUEWbq7tMgZV1_3cfe4crk6k8T/view?pli=1 The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-clear-about-civil-liberties, anti-censorship podcast. Therefore, welcome again Jeffrey Tucker of Brownstone Institute and co-host Mrs. Jonalyn Fincher Art Studio of Exeter, New Hampshire. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Office hours are shorter segments where an idea is unpacked and tested. This one is postmodernism and Marxism with @ChartingLiberty's Dale Fincher. First in a series called "Office Hours" Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

After retiring as a former Navy enlisted LCDR and former police officer in Honolulu and San Diego, Mr. Chris Tighe became an entrepreneur. He owns and operates Elevation Construction. Elevation Construction is a service disabled veteran owned business headquartered in Houston, Texas with an office in Tacoma, Washington. Elevation Washington specializes in apartment complex renovations while Elevation Houston specializes in kitchen/bathroom remodels, new additions, and new construction. Mr. Tighe's company website is https://www.elevationconstructionteam.com/ Find him on Instagram is https://www.instagram.com/elevationconstructionteam/ The Republican Professor is a pro-Navy, pro-entrepreneur-mindset podcast. Therefore, welcome my shipmate Chris Tighe The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Our guest today is Matias Perttula, author of a recent piece on Religious Liberty and International Relations for the America First Policy Institute, a non-profit educational organization. The piece is called "ISSUE BRIEF: Religious Freedom Challenges Transcend the International and Domestic Divide" available here : https://americafirstpolicy.com/latest/issue-brief-religious-freedom-challenges-transcend-the-international-and-domestic-divide It discusses the issue of religious liberty both here and abroad. The bilingual (Finnish and English) Mr. Pertula was born in Australia but grew up in Finland before coming to Lost Angeles. At the college level he studied Political Philosophy and Symbolic Logic at Moorpark College (as a student of the TRP host) in Southern California before transferring to UCLA for his bachelors. He later finished an MBA at Southeastern, working in higher education before transitioning into international politics at Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C. for several years. Matias is now the Director of the Center for American Values at America First Policy Institute. The Republican Professor is a pro-religious-liberty-properly-understood podcast. Therefore, welcome Mr. Matias Perttula ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack

... Continued ... For many years he was @VoiceoftheSecond on Instagram, writing about the queen of the liberties, as it were : The Second Amendment. TRP Podcast hosted him twice last year on the topic of spiritual abuse and gun control. Mr. Dale Fincher, in preparation for going to sea with his family next year, has begun @ChartingLiberty. This is the first part of our first conversation. We talk about taxes and Jesus and rendering unto Ceasar and all sorts of stuff like that. This is the first in a new weekly series. The Republican Professor is a pro-Charting-Liberty podcast. Therefore, welcome author, speaker Mr. Dale Fincher. The Republican Professor (TRP) is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Subscribe here and on the substack for more information, TRP is also on Rumble and Vimeo backing up things YouBoob claims are , and I quote, reminiscent of the first minute of the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, "egregious harm." Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

For many years he was @VoiceoftheSecond on Instagram, writing about the queen of the liberties, as it were : The Second Amendment. TRP Podcast hosted him twice last year on the topic of spiritual abuse and gun control. Mr. Dale Fincher, in preparation for going to sea with his family next year, has begun @ChartingLiberty. This is the first part of our first conversation. We talk about taxes and Jesus and rendering unto Ceasar and all sorts of stuff like that. This is the first in a new weekly series. The Republican Professor is a pro-Charting-Liberty podcast. Therefore, welcome author, speaker Mr. Dale Fincher. The Republican Professor (TRP) is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Subscribe here and on the substack for more information, TRP is also on Rumble and Vimeo backing up things YouBoob claims are , and I quote, reminiscent of the first minute of the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, "egregious harm." Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Mr. Phil Little is not the first guest on TRP Podcast who's been shot at by terrorists, but it's a fairly small group of guests that "enjoy" that distinction. Our guest today is the long-time chief of West Coast Detectives, originally an LA-based private investigative and counter-terrorism agency with offices in several foreign countries that is several decades old. Mr. Little was a special guest speaker in Dr. Mather's Pepperdine University School of Business course "Business Ethics and Public Policy", Fall 2009 in Malibu, California. He's also the father of one of Dr. Mather's Logic-in-Practice students at Pierce College (Woodland Hills in the Valley, LA) in Fall 2009. Mr. Little is the author of "Hostile Intent: Protecting Yourself From Terrorism," about his life as an investigator and head of a growing, private intelligence gathering firm working with public entities on counter-terrorism since the 1970s. Enjoy ! Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Jonalyn Fincher is a New England-based painter who has taken on the challenge of commenting on Covid-19 and the response to it as a way to process grief and trauma. Jonalyn invites dialogue as a part of the exhibit for her Exeter, New Hampshire Community. She uses carefully thought-out , expertly crafted watercolor to prompt reflection, healing, and dialogue. She’s aiming for a deeper community solidarity than existed prior to the lock-downs and mask mandates. Jonalyn is a gentle soul attentive to the power of beauty to bring healing and community out of trauma and destruction. Check her out at her website, https://jonalynfincher.com/ or on Instagram at @Jonalyn_Fincher and on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JonalynFincherArtStudio . The free show starts in July so if you’re in or near Exeter, New Hampshire, take a look in person. No matter what your experience , you’re welcome there for dialogue. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

This is Part 4 of The Definition of Marriage in Public Law and American Politics. Dr. Mather presents parts from his paper "Two Types of Marriage Equality: A Normative Analysis of Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)". It takes a look at Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) and Reynolds v. United States (1879). Specifically, Dr. Mather provides a theoretical framework by which to understand the essence of Obergefell, including a distillation of the legal rule the Court relied on but never explicitly stated: what Dr. Mather calls "the contemporary 'marriage' equality assumption": The Essence of Marriage must become malleable to allow for the expression of minority sexual orientations within marriage. At the time of the decision, according to friend of the Court briefs, Bisexuality is a minority sexual orientation. Homosexuality is a minority sexual orientation. Therefore, according to this legal rule, both must be expressible in a marriage definition, and any necessary condition of marriage from classical marriage equality must give way. Prior to this set of cases leading up to Obergefell, marriage was like the Rock of Gibraltar, unchanging in its essence, and against it, the waves of sexual orientation were dashed. That essence was protected and recognized in law for millenia as a natural-law relationship, accorded respect in the Common Law and before, a special, univocal, coherent, sui generis definition of a type of relationship that not everyone was interested in or wanted to participate in: A union between a man and a woman, typically recognized by Law, by which a they become husband and wife for life. That concept matured into seven necessary conditions (discussed here), what Dr. Mather calls the necessary essence of Classical Marriage Equality. But no one was punished for not being married. Marriage took on a famous status recognized in the Goodrich Court (Massachusetts, 2003), as we saw in prior episodes, as "a vital social institution." And not by accident. Not arbitrarily. (How could something so vital be at the same time arbitrary ? The Goodrich Court (and Obergefell) never seemed to see that question was posable but not answerable by their analyses.) But some wanted the fame associated with the mere spelling and were willing to shank the lexical essence to get that spelling to apply to something they were interested in. The secondary definition of the same spelling, what Dr. Mather calls M2, "any close union," is in very old dictionaries right along side what he calls M1 (classical marriage equality), has now replaced M1 in law across the nation in Obergefell. That's because the Court invented, and then used the legal rule, what Dr. Mather calls "the contemporary marriage (M2, not M1, equivocating on the spelling "marriage", begging the question against M1) assumption." Now the Rock of Gibraltar isn't marriage, the concept or the mere spelling of the syllables. The Rock of Gibraltar, according to Goodrich through Obergefell, is Sexual Orientation, and upon that Rock, the definition of marriage is dashed. The Republican Professor is a pro-True-Marriage-Equality podcast. Check out the papers at TRP Substack, Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

It's been one year since Roe v. Wade has been overturned, and so alternatives to abortion, such as adoption, is on our minds here at The Republican Professor podcast. Today's special guest is Herbie Newell, president and executive director of Lifeline Children Services in Alabama. He has seen young women in blue states, not just red states, reach out for support in choosing continued Life for their unborn children. It's a great time to reflect on the importance of the support young, vulnerable families face now that abortion has become, thankfully, unthinkable for so many. We discuss the importance and historical, classically understood design of the family and how we can best match that in the United States when vulnerable young women are faced with the tremendous stress and challenge of seeking care for her unexpected, precious child. Mr. Newell takes us through some of the options available through his organization, including other options as well by comparison, for any families that sense the call for care and concern for children in need. Check out https://lifelinechild.org/ for more information, or @LifelineChild on Twitter https://twitter.com/LifelineChild , Facebook https://www.facebook.com/lifelinechild , and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lifelinechild/ The Republican Professor is a pro-life, pro-Roe-reconciliation, pro-healthy-family podcast Therefore, welcome Herbie Newell, President of Lifeline Children Services, Birmingham, Alabama The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

This is Part 3 of a multipart series on The Definition of Marriage in Public Law and American Politics, Dr. Lucas J. Mather takes us through criteria for evaluating arguments by analogy in Iriving Copi's Introduction to Logic, 10th ed., chapter 13. We look at the analogy between between inventing a new definition of marriage under the guise of progress and desegregating marriage . The Republican Professor is a pro-defining-marriage-correctly, pro-analogies, pro-comparing-things, anti-alethophobia podcast. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

This is part 2 of the series on The Definition of Marriage in Public Law & American Politics. Dr. Mather provides introductory instruction on the concept of a logical fallacy. Professor Mather then focuses on specific instruction in 3 informal logical fallacies from Irving Copi's 10th Edition of Introduction to Logic: 1) Ad Hominem, Abusive 2) Begging the Question 3) Equivocation He provides a brief introduction on their relevance to the legal materials (e.g., judicial opinions) in the definition of marriage in public law and American politics. The Republican Professor is a pro-nailing the Definition of Marriage in Public Law and American Politics podcast. Subscribe to TRP Substack at https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

In this first episode of a multi-part series, Professor Mather introduces us to the nature of definitions as he covers it in Introductory Logic courses, and their theoretical and practical relevance to the legal materials in the so-called "marriage equality" debate in American Law and Politics. Dr. Mather takes us through several dictionary definitions of marriage, and through Irving Copi's "Introduction to Logic" section on criteria for lexical definitions, covering some technical terminology. He also answers some preliminary objections students and faculty have had to his covering this material at all in any depth, detail, or rigor . Throughout, Dr. Mather cites his sources and illustrates how students can follow along in the legal materials as they seek to find their own well-thought-out positions on the matters related to this topic of The Definition of Marriage in American Law and Politics. Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. is producer and host of The Republican Professor Podcast. Dr. Mather has designed and taught 188 college and university courses as a professor from Malibu to Gangland, USA over nearly 20 years, a huge portion of which have been Logic courses applied to public policy and Constitutional Law. He holds 7 earned degrees, including 4 masters degrees in disciplines as diverse as Chinese Mandarin to Bio-Medical Ethics, culminating in a Ph.D. in Public Law & American Politics from The Claremont Colleges in Claremont, California. Before he spent 6 years in seminary, he served in the United States Navy for seven years as a Naval Aircrewman, Linguist, Analyst, Special Operations intel operator, and later support staff for foreign language education and training for the National Security Agency. He serves on staff at his local church in Orange County, California. Subscribe to the newsletter at https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf

In this very special episode, we have with us today a non-special non-guest, me, Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D., holder of an Associates Degree as well. The brief topic today at the end of the academic year: Two Types of Students. There are some brief remarks about the progress of the podcast and the courses I taught this past year. I'd love to hear your comments if they're the kind I'd love to hear. Thanks for listening and watching, See you in June Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Jason Pye joins us from Due Process Institute. It's is a nonpartisan organization that works toward the goal of criminal justice reform, specifically in lobbying Congress against over-criminalization and for very specific improvements in sentencing and rehabilitation of drug crimes like simple possession, among other things. The Republican Professor thought it would be good to get a conversation going on these issues, as there is probably a lot of common ground . Republicans might learn a lot by hearing how the opposition to irrational gun control (rooted in a healthy understanding of the police power) may intersect with issues in due process and rehabilitation. Folks who think there is over-criminalization in regulation of tools of personal protection might find there are connections to other aspects of Constitutional law and common decency. Take a look at Due Process Institute's website at https://idueprocess.org/ Their Substack at https://dueprocess.substack.com/ You can also follow Jason on Twitter at @pye . The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-the-police-power-right, pro-anti-overcriminalization podcast. Therefore, welcome Jason Pye of Due Process Institute ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Subscribe to the Substack at https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ Subscribe on YouTube @TheRepublicanProfessor or on the audio podcast platforms. Luke

They've done many podcast interviews but never yet with a host who has had cigars with Rick Joyner and Lance Wallnau, two people referenced in their books. I know people on both sides of this issue here, so I add what I can by way of eye-witness testimony and personal anecdote. My old (extremely old !) (j/k, Doug) Epistemology professor Dr. R. Douglas Geivett (I was his TA for a while, and had 3 courses with him at Biola -- my favorite professor during my time there) and his co-author/spearhead researcher on this project, Mrs. Holly Pivec (former editor of Biola Magazine) join The Republican Professor podcast today to discuss their latest work, "Counterfeit Kingdom: The Dangers of New Revelation, New Prophets, and New Age Practices in the Church (Broadman & Holman Press, 2022). Strap in for over 2 hours discussing prophecies of Trump, Bethel & Hillsong Music, and Christian anti-intellectualism more generally in this contemporary church history episode. If you'd like to connect with the author, you're invited to connect with Holly at her popular blog , https://www.hollypivec.com/ Other TRP episodes referenced in this episode include 1) The one on Trump and the Law of Presidential Power with UC Berkeley Law Professor John Yoo, available here : https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/2022/03/23/episode-29-trump-presidential-power-prof-john-yoo-u-c-berkeley-school-of-law/ 2) The one on the newest, most insidious dangers of the Administrative State with Columbia University (New York City) School of Law professor Philip Hamburger available here : https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/2022/06/26/new-insidious-types-of-regulatory-control-w-columbia-university-law-prof-philip-hamburger/ 3) And the one with Lance Wallnau, which the Democrats on YouTube censored, threatening to take down this entire channel, documented and backed up on Rumble, here : https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/p/trps-first-rumble-video-what-youtube and here : https://rumble.com/v2cb5kw-trp-interviews-lance-wallnau-sr..html\ The Republican Professor is an anti-anti-intellectual, pro-getting-church-history-right podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. R. Douglas Geivett, Ph.D. (my former boss and professor) and Mrs. Holly Pivec, apologetics journalist and contemporary church history researcher. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Dr. Craig Blomberg, Ph.D., is the author of numerous books, one of the earliest of which is his monumental The Historical Reliability of the Gospels (IVP, 1987). Dr. Blomberg shares with us how he developed the goal to become a serious biblical scholar who would do quality work at the very top of the discipline, and help students and other scholars sort through the issues of history in the Bible. Craig wrote the first chapter of this book, Jesus Under Fire (eds. Wilkins and Moreland) which was also mentioned. Dr. Blomberg taught for 37 years at Denver Seminary and joins us from his "retirement," which is as he says, retirement in name only (RINO). I myself took 5 graduate courses from him and he was my thesis advisor for my first Masters degree (which was in Biblical Studies). The Republican Professor is a pro-contemplating-history-and-theology podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Craig Blomberg, Ph.D., Emeritus Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Denver Seminary, where he taught for 37 years. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Please subscribe.

This is the second snippet from TRP's 2022 interview with Professor Yoo. John Yoo has taught at UC Berkeley School of Law for nearly 30 years and is the author most recently of Defender In Chief: Trump’s Fight for Presidential Power, the focus of the interview. This is Episode 29 of The Republican Professor, originally published on March 23, 2022. https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/2022/03/23/episode-29-trump-presidential-power-prof-john-yoo-u-c-berkeley-school-of-law/ TRP interviews UC Berkeley Professor of Law John Yoo, author of Defender in Chief: Donald Trump’s Fight for Presidential Power. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. and this episode is co-hosted by Mr. Kurtis Olson . The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1370824 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

John Yoo has taught at UC Berkeley School of Law for nearly 30 years and is the author most recently of Defender In Chief: Trump's Fight for Presidential Power. This is Episode 29 of The Republican Professor, originally published on March 23, 2022. https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/2022/03/23/episode-29-trump-presidential-power-prof-john-yoo-u-c-berkeley-school-of-law/ TRP interviews UC Berkeley Professor of Law John Yoo, author of Defender in Chief: Donald Trump's Fight for Presidential Power. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. and this episode is co-hosted by Mr. Kurtis Olson . The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1370824 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Mr. Rich Bordner joins TRP for the second time to talk about what it's like teaching Public High School Philosophy and Bible classes. Mr. Bordner is a professional with many years of experience both as a teacher and as a star head coach in California and Texas public high schools. The Republican Professor is a pro-creating-a-culture-of-honesty-in-high-school-class-room podcast. Therefore, welcome Mr. Rich Bordner, public high school teacher extraordinaire ! For more information on Mr. Bordner's work outside of the classroom, off campus he runs (with his wife) The Daniel Collaborative. Visit https://www.danielcollaborative.com/ for more information. To reach Mr. Bordner, you can email info@thedanielcollaborative.com The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Visit us on the anti-social media platforms: The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

TRP Classic Shorts: TRP Interviews Brad Cummings, Film Producer, Publisher of The Shack and General Editor of The Founder's Bible (Shiloh Road Press). Full episode published 4 March 2022 Subscribe to the Substack Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Dr. Matthew J. Peterson, Ph.D. (@docMJP on Twitter) is a former colleague of Dr. Mather's at Loyola Marymount University in LA and at Pepperdine University in Malibu. He recently moved from California to Texas to try to help to save America. And he tells us why. The Republican Professor is a pro-excellent-professor, pro-American-Firebrand podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Matthew J. Peterson, Ph.D. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Dr. Blake McAllister joins The Republican Professor podcast from his huge office at Hillsdale College in Michigan to talk about Common Sense Epistemology (the theory of what knowledge is and concepts associated with it, like faith, evidence, truth, belief, rationality, etc.). We discuss, among other things, what kind of wonderful student Blake was back when he took Logic from Professor Lucas J. Mather back in Fall of 2008 at Pepperdine University in Malibu, where Blake did his undergraduate degree. Epistemology is absolutely critical in our day and age -- in every day and age. This is time-less stuff. Hope you enjoy. This is Season 2 (Episode 119) of The Republican Professor Podcast. TRP is also on Rumble because YouTube randomly takes our videos down for saying a wrong word (not kidding -- see more on TRP Substack). I hate the word "content" so don't use it. Subscribe to keep up, The Republican Professor is a pro-common-sense, pro-religious-epistemology, pro-wonderful-former-students podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Blake McAllister, Ph.D., of Hillsdale College Philosophy Department, Hillsdale, Michigan The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Dr. David Yamane, Ph.D., grew up in Central Coast, California, attending Berkeley for undergraduate. He earned a Ph.D. at the Berkeley of Wisconsin in Madison in one of the least Republican disciplines in college, Sociology. Going against the grain, he developed a college course on firearms and gun culture that required students to go the the firing range. Dr. Yamane shares some of his personal story about his attitude toward firearms, both personally and as a subject of professional inquiry. He blogs at Gun Curious, and his work has been featured by the Facebook group "The Liberal Gun Club" (which I, Lucas Mather, follow). Here is a link to his blog : https://guncurious.wordpress.com/ Be prepared to expand your mind and your soul. The Republican Professor is a pro-teaching-firearms-courses-in-college, pro-transformed-healthy-attitudes-toward-guns, pro-friendly-interparty-dialogue podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. David Yamane, Ph.D., of the Wake Forest University Sociology Department ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend, and if you haven't yet, consider subscribing.

Here is a new look at the presidency of Gerald Ford and the post-Watergate era, through the lens of the US Constitution's Separation of Powers. And to walk us through that material with fresh eyes, we have Dr. Alex Hindman, Ph.D., a professor at College of the Holy Cross (where Clarence Thomas went for his undergrad) in Worcester, Massachusetts. Dr. Hindman has a book called "Gerald Ford and the Separation of Powers: Preserving the Constitutional Presidency in the Post-Watergate Period", published by Lexington Press, and that is the focus of our conversation. The book is on Amazon. But please support your local book dealer. As an aside, one of the members of my dissertation committee, the late great Michael Uhlmann, served as a political appointee high up in the Department of Justice in the Ford Administration. He was Senate-confirmed Assistant Attorney General, and the other Assistant Attorney General he served with under Ford was a man named Antonin Scalia, who later became a professor, a federal appellate judge in the D.C. Circuit under Reagan, and then, of course, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Their friendship I think began there serving under Ford. The Republican Professor is a pro-looking-at-the-presidency-with-fresh-eyes, pro-Separation-of-Powers, pro-Constitutional-contemplation podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Alex Hindman, Ph.D., of College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Dr. Garrett Pendergraft has a very subtle, sophisticated dry humor that he peppers into his academic writing, on display in his book on Free Will Puzzles. The book is called "Free Will and Human Agency: 50 Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments", part of the Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments in Philosophy Series published by Routledge Academic Press this year. You can find the book on Amazon . Please support your local book dealer. Garrett and I sample a smattering of cases from the book, and have a good time doing so. There's something here for the novice and expert alike, and everything in between for those with the intellectual virtue of curiosity and an attention span. The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-clear-about-Free-Will, pro-moral-responsibility, pro-puzzling-over-puzzles, pro-Philosophy-done-right, pro-subtle-and-sophisticated-sense-of-humor podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Garrett Pendergraft, Ph.D., Blanche E. Seaver Professor of Philosophy at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Teacher Sam, an entrepreneur in LA who was my (Dr. Mather's) former student at Loyola Marymount University, Lost Angeles, makes her second appearance on The Republican Professor (link to her first episode here : https://youtu.be/SAvi4BpSGRc) , this time with her brother in Sweden. They grew up Muslim and became war refugees in Europe at a very young age. They ended up in Sweden, where they learned Swedish and English. Samra then ended up in Lost Angeles and in my college Philosophy classroom. After college graduation, she started her own business ! She speaks several languages and helps her students do the same. Teacher Sam founded and runs LA-based Maverick Lingo, which you can check out here : https://www.mavericklingo.com/ Our conversation is wide-ranging and impactful. The Republican Professor is a pro-lawful-immigrant, pro-entrepreneur, pro-second-language-learner, pro-awesome-teacher, pro-long-friendship, pro-sibling podcast. Therefore, welcome Teacher Sam of Maverick Lingo in LA, my former student, and her wonderful brother Mirza joining us from Sweden ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. If you enjoyed this episode, I'm happy. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Today's TRP guest is the eminent First Amendment legal scholar, Dr. Vincent Phillip Munoz, Ph.D.. He is the Tocqueville Associate Professor of Political Science (and Law at the Law School) at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. Dr. Munoz is the author of such books as "God and The Founders: Madison, Washington, and Jefferson" (Cambridge University Press), editor (with my dissertation Chair Ralph Rossum) of "American Constitutional Law vol. 1 The Structure of Government" and "American Constitutional Law vol. 2 The Bill of Rights and Subsequent Amendments" (Routledge), "Religious Liberty and the American Supreme Court" (Roman and Littlefield), and his latest published by the University of Chicago Press, and the subject of our time together, "Religious Liberty and the American Founding: Natural Rights and the Original Meanings of the First Amendment Religion Clauses" . Please support your local bookshop. The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-a-handle-on-the-Bill-of-Rights, pro-understanding-correctly-the-First-Amendment-religion-clauses podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Phil Munoz of Notre Dame ! In order to keep this podcast running smoothly, please consider giving generously to support the careful analysis and dissemination of this material. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Our guest today on TRP Podcast YT Episode 113 is children's author Connor Boyack, creator of the Tuttle Twins series (4 million sold as of the date of the recording). The series aims to give kids a sound education in basic economics in order to prepare them for living well as adults. These tools of insulation against the harms and fallacies of collectivism are unique and popular among home-based education experts such as TRP guest from TY Episode 41 (April 29, 2022, available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DDmQTYwXTI&t=2601s), Mrs. Jessica Wilkinson. Jessica has read either all or nearly all of the Tuttle Twins material and was kind enough to guest co-host this episode with me since prior to Connor's people reaching out to me, I had no idea who he was. Usually I like to prepare very well for a guest but Jessica was my safety net today, and as you'll see, she adds tremendous value to this episode. This was a real pleasure and and honor to spend this time with these great people. Makes me proud and hopeful for the future. The Republican Professor is a pro-equipping-the-home-based-education-experts, pro-teaching-kids-well, pro-insulating-children-from-fallacies-of-collectivism podcast. Therefore, welcome Connor Boyack, creator of the Tuttle Twins material and Mrs. Jessica Wilkinson, home-based education expert ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. If you did not like this episode, I have no advice for you whatsoever. If you did like this episode, consider subscribing if you haven't already, or better yet, support the podcast with a non-tax-deductable gift. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Our guest today is Dr. Joshua Rasmussen (Ph.D., University of Notre Dame), a professor in the Philosophy Department at Azusa Pacific University in Lost Angeles County, California. He is the author of "Defending The Correspondence Theory of Truth" published by Cambridge University Press (2014). You may also be interested in checking out one of his videos he did on the subject here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y5cftds7-8 and an article he wrote about truth for Routledge here : https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/thematic/truth-correspondence-theory-of/v-2 Josh and I are teaching colleagues at APU in different departments -- the first we've had on TRP Podcast. He's someone I've known for 20 years as we went through our Masters' in Philosophy together at Biola University, which is also in Lost Angeles County. Josh has an warm, dynamic personality which tends to attract anyone he meets to the discipline of Philosophy in a way that inspires confidence and unlocks curiosity and potential. The Republican Professor is a pro-teaching-Philosophy-well, pro-getting-the-truth-about-Truth, pro-long-friendships podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Josh Rasmussen, Ph.D., of Azusa Pacific University, theorizer and teacher of truth. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. If you liked this episode, great. Share it with a friend or colleague. Subscribe, and come back to visit TRP Podcast any time. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

I had a great time with Jer Rivera, someone I've known since Colorow Elementary School (named after a Ute Indian Chief who had been born Comanche) in Jefferson, County, Littleton, Colorado, our home state and home town . Jer and I reconnected when I was in the Navy in Hawai'i, where I lived and went to college for 4 years while active duty in the Navy. Jer was also in college at the time at HPU after a stint in Boulder. I ran into him Fall 1995 on a Friday night at Hope Chapel Kaneohe. It was a short drive for him living in Lanikai, a longer drive for me living near Wahiawa, on the Wheeler Army Airfield between Schofield Barracks and Mililani. Jer went back to the Catholic faith of his youth later after several years in Protestant ministry as an adult. Ten years ago, he founded Little j Marketing Company based in Englewood, Colorado. He does brand creation and management. Inspired by the deep well of his historic, Christian faith, Mr. Rivera serves his clients with everything he's got. For more information, check out his website at https://www.thelittlej.com/ The Republican Professor is a pro-closely-held-small-business, pro-taking-faith-and-business-seriously, pro-long-friendships podcast. Therefore, welcome Jeremy "Jer" Rivera ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. If you liked this episode, hit subscribe for more updates and visit our website for a list of past episodes. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

This blue collar worker has a Ph.D. His name is Dr. John Ferrer, Ph.D., and he studied Logic, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Church History, Theology, Advanced Apologetics and some of the highest levels of academic Philosophy. He has an M.Div. under the Apologetics giant Dr. Norm Geisler (Ph.D., Philosophy, Loyola Chicago). He has advanced work as well in a Th.M. and Ph.D. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. (All my exes live in Arkansas, one state over). The Republican Professor is a pro-Ph.D., pro-blue-collar , pro-Apologetics podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. John Ferrer, Ph.D., blue collar extraordinaire. The Republican Professor Podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D., who is also blue collar. If you liked this episode, subscribe and share with a friend. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Heather Allen is a Second Amendment activist and female firearms instructor originally from Orange County, California. She recently relocated to North Carolina. Heather hosts a function called "Sips and the Second" which is geared toward firearms training outside of the range with a cup of coffee or tea with ladies and a firearm or fake firearm. They sit around a table and learn about the purpose and function of the weapon in a safe, emotionally supportive environment. I really enjoyed my time with Heather Allen and you can follow her on Instagram @highcaliberoc . The Republican Professor is a pro-reaching-ladies-with-firearm-training, pro-safe-effective-and-thoughtful-Second-Amendment-activism podcast. Therefore, welcome North Carolina's Heather Allen ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. If you enjoyed this episode, check out some of the others as well. Consider subscribing, or share it with a friend. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Strap in. For Thanksgiving 2022 we are joined today by Dr. Daniel Dreisbach, JD, D.Phil. (Oxford, Rhodes Scholar), author of Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers published by Oxford University Press. Dr. Dreisbach is professor of law and politics at American University in Washington, D.C. His law degree is from the University of Virginia. His book started out as a Sunday School class at his church over 20 years ago. This book and this episode will blow you away. The Republican Professor is a pro-Biblical-literacy, pro-American-Founding-literacy podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Daniel Dreisbach ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. If you enjoyed the episode, please consider subscribing for updates on future episodes. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Dr. Douglas Groothuis is Professor of Philosophy at Denver Seminary, where he has taught full time since 1993, when Dr. Gordon R. Lewis, Ph.D., Senior Professor of Christian Philosophy and Systematic Philosophy, retired. Dr. Lewis had been my high school mentor and later, my professor of Logic, History of Philosophy (Ancient and Medieval), as well as Method in Apologetic Reasoning. I also had Doug Groothuis as a professor. He taught me Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Philosophical Ethics. Dr. Groothuis is the author of many books. His most recent is an object of conversation here. It's called "Fire in the Streets: How You Can Confidently Respond to Culturally Incendiary Topics," and you can find it at your local book dealer or on Amazon . The book is an ambitious attempt to equip readers to understand the times of recent events and gain a sturdy footing in conversation with those who may have radically different understandings of these events. Dr. Groothuis is an enormously valuable resource and I hope that you give him some time. The Republican Professor is a pro-understanding-the-times, pro-growing-in-confidence-on-incendiary-cultural-topics podcast. Therefore, welcome my former philosophy professor at Denver Seminary, Dr. Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D., author of "Fire in the Streets" ! The Republican Professor Podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Dr. Mather teaches Constitutional Law, The American Founding, and American Political Institutions at Azusa Pacific University in Lost Angeles, California. If you liked this podcast, share it with a friend. Consider subscribing so that you don't miss more quality conversations on things that matter in the future. Thanks for listening. Dr. Ljm, Trp

We are joined by Dr. Chad Bogosian, Ph.D., a California Community College Professor. We discuss character development, virtue, and moral knowledge. The Republican Professor is a pro-moral-knowledge, pro-Community-College-teaching, pro-character-development-and virtue podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Chad Bogosian, Ph.D. ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Be sure to share this with a friend and to subscribe.

I enjoyed my conversation with LCDR John Doyle, USN (ret.), at the time of the recording, a Defense Intelligence Agency contractor. John and I deployed together back in the day and served in some of the same classified units. He was awarded the Air Medal for operations in the War on Terror and many other awards and citations. He started out his Navy career as an enlisted man, studying Chinese Mandarin language and culture (official Beijing accent Mandarin) 10 to 12 hours a day, going through all the training required for that . Late in his career he developed a little bit of a speech impediment during his active service. Yet the impediment is not an indication of a lack of mental sharpness. I knew him before new speech cadence that he has now and to me he seems just as sharp as he was back then. It was good to reconnect. The Republican Professor is a pro-Veteran's-Day, pro-Navy podcast. Therefore, welcome Lt. Commander John Doyle, qualified in multiple warfare platforms, Air Medal awardee, United States Navy, retired. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. TRP Podcast has recently been voted the most important podcast to keep up with by the largest country in Asia. If you enjoyed this podcast, share it with a friend.

I really enjoyed my wide-ranging discussion with Republican State House Candidate Savvy Wolfson, who is running for the state legislature from a rural, mountainous district there in my home state of Colorado. Savvy is the real deal. She's puts her feet to work knocking on doors and puts her phone to her own ears. She has her own views but puts a high priority on listening to her district. The Republican Professor is a pro-everyday-person-State-House-candidate, pro-having-your-views-but-listening-well podcast. Therefore, welcome Colorado's Savvy Wolfson ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. If you enjoyed this episode, check out some of the others as well. Consider subscribing, or share it with a friend. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

This is the third of three parts with David Frankel, (JD, NYU School of Law), survivor of a public mass-shooting, or public set of several murders and attempted murders in his office building in San Fransisco in the summer of 1993. David was a gun control advocate at the time. In fact, many of the attorneys who survived processed the horrific event solely and exclusively through the gun-control lens, founding a gun-control advocacy group that became something well known in gun control circles now. After the event, David experienced a slow political transformation about the meaning of the event. He describes his conversion from pro-gun control advocate to Second Amendment advocate in his short, substantive book, "Coming to Terms: A Mass Shooting Survivor's Story." The book is available on Amazon. The Republican Professor is a pro-coming-to-terms-with-vulnernability, pro-coming-to-terms-with-personal-responsibility, pro-Second-Amendment, pro-Constitutional-Law-rightly-understood, pro-lawful-self-defense podcast. Therefore, welcome Mr. David Frankel (JD, NYU Law School), author of Coming to Terms. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Dr. Mather teaches Constitutional Law and American Politics at Azusa Pacific in Lost Angeles County, California.

This is the second of three parts with David Frankel, (JD, NYU School of Law), survivor of a public mass-shooting, or public set of several murders and attempted murders in his office building in San Fransisco in the summer of 1993. David was a gun control advocate at the time. In fact, many of the attorneys who survived processed the horrific event solely and exclusively through the gun-control lens, founding a gun-control advocacy group that became something well known in gun control circles now. After the event, David experienced a slow political transformation about the meaning of the event. He describes his conversion from pro-gun control advocate to Second Amendment advocate in his short, substantive book, "Coming to Terms: A Mass Shooting Survivor's Story." The book is available on Amazon. The Republican Professor is a pro-coming-to-terms-with-vulnernability, pro-coming-to-terms-with-personal-responsibility, pro-Second-Amendment, pro-Constitutional-Law-rightly-understood, pro-lawful-self-defense podcast. Therefore, welcome Mr. David Frankel (JD, NYU Law School), author of Coming to Terms. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Dr. Mather teaches Constitutional Law and American Politics at Azusa Pacific in Lost Angeles County, California.

This is the first of three parts with David Frankel, (JD, NYU School of Law), survivor of a public mass-shooting, or public set of several murders and attempted murders in his office building in San Fransisco in the summer of 1993. David was a gun control advocate at the time. In fact, many of the attorneys who survived processed the horrific event solely and exclusively through the gun-control lens, founding a gun-control advocacy group that became something well known in gun control circles now. After the event, David experienced a slow political transformation about the meaning of the event. He describes his conversion from pro-gun control advocate to Second Amendment advocate in his short, substantive book, "Coming to Terms: A Mass Shooting Survivor's Story." The book is available on Amazon and through your local book dealer. The Republican Professor is a pro-coming-to-terms-with-vulnernability, pro-coming-to-terms-with-personal-responsibility, pro-Second-Amendment, pro-Constitutional-Law-rightly-understood, pro-lawful-self-defense podcast. Therefore, welcome Mr. David Frankel (JD, NYU Law School), author of Coming to Terms. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Dr. Mather teaches Constitutional Law and American Politics at Azusa Pacific in Lost Angeles County, California.

Baylor University Professor Dr. Perry Glanzer, Ph.D., is Editor of Christian Scholars Review and a former student of the late, great Dr. Dallas Willard of University of Southern California. Our wide-ranging conversation covers issues ranging from Communism to Title IX Due Process violations to what it was like to be a student of Dallas Willard at USC to the possibilities and prospects of quality Christian Higher Education. The Republican Professor is a pro-student-of-Dallas-Willard, pro-discerning-what-Christian-Higher-Education is podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Perry Glanzer, Ph.D., former student of Willard, Editor of Christian Scholars Review, of Baylor University, Texas ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

I really enjoyed my time with the young artist and budding business woman Ysabeth Sweet. Although I am much older (27)(I turn 27 again every year)(I'm special), I am better grounded by listening to the young and hearing what they're dealing with, how they see the world. The Republican Professor is a pro-young-people-who-give-you-hope podcast. Therefore, welcome Ms. Ysabeth Sweet. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Share it with a friend and subscribe. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substa... https://www.therepublicanprofessor.co... https://www.therepublicanprofessor.co... YouTube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublica... Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Dr. Chris Kaczor, Ph.D. is the author of "The Ethics of Abortion: Women's Rights, Human Life, and the Question of Justice" published by a standard academic publisher, Routledge Press, recently out in its 3rd edition (Sept 2022). Dr. Kaczor joins TRP podcast from his office at Loyola Marymount University, Lost Angeles, California, to walk us through prominent scholarly arguments for abortion choice, finding them wanting. Without resorting to religion as a basis for argument, Professor Kaczor presents a case for fetal personhood based on evidence, reasons, and considerations that are available to pretty much anyone. Since Roe v. Wade was overturned at the US Supreme Court, the issue has remained relevant to local and state legislative debate throughout the country. The Republican Professor is a pro-thinking-carefully-through-the-abortion-debate podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Christopher Kaczor, Ph.D., of Loyola Marymount University's Philosophy Department in LA. The Republican Professor Podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend. Consider subscribing. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substa... https://www.therepublicanprofessor.co... https://www.therepublicanprofessor.co... YouTube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublica... Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

There's no one quite like Jonalyn Fincher. The New England water colorist, follower of Jesus, and Second Amendment advocate is also an author, a popular public speaker, a mother, and wife. She can skin an elk, defend her kids from bears, and knock out a simple and elegant greeting card line, and write about some of the most interesting and compelling controversial topics in America. And she listens carefully and observes. It's part of what makes her a great artist. For a long time, Jonalyn ran a non-profit with her husband, Dale. They wrote books and did public speaking all around the country to large and small audiences. They ran several blogs. One day, she began painting seriously. After years of discipline, sacrifice of everyone in her family, and dedicated hard, smart, careful work, she has a line of impressive water color greeting cards selling in stores.She also does commissions for pieces. Each one is a gripping, elegant study of some aspect of our world. And, as you'll see, she wants the legal right to carry a gun for self-defense. She's humble, but not shy about it. Though she has had mountain lion, bear, moose and elk on her property, including bear cubs who have snuck up on her children, she wants the legal right to carry a firearm for self-defense in the city. Some of the most dangerous parts of creation are found there, as well. Though this need for effective self-defense, she emphasizes, is a cause for sadness, not celebration. View her artwork, books and blog at : https://jonalynfincher.com/ Enjoy ! The Republican Professor is a pro-art-done-well, pro-lawful-self-defense, pro-Jesus-follower, pro-dedicated-hard-smart-disciplined-work-pays-off, pro-gripping-and-elegant-studies-of-our-world-through-art podcast. Therefore, welcome dearest Jonalyn Fincher, otherwise known simply as Jonalyn. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Ugly Art magazine just ranked TRP podcast the worst podcast in the entire world. Share with a friend. And if you enjoyed this podcast, consider subscribing. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Dr. Justin Capes, Ph.D., teaches Philosophy at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida, and has for a long time pondered questions about Free Will from every conceivable angle. Here, Dr. Capes dialogues with us about the field of metaphysics within contemporary philosophy, and specifically, the metaphysics of the human person and of human agency. Commonsensically, this brings up questions about moral responsibility and free will, namely, what is Free Will ? Given a correct definition, do we have Free Will ? How is Free Will properly and accurately defined ? Even asking these questions seems to presuppose that we have it, because otherwise we wouldn't freely ponder such things in the first place. If we are freely pondering, what are we doing ? (Can one ponder unfreely ?) Is there a point to asking such questions ? And could we do (or have done) otherwise ? Does that matter ? Why ? Justin takes us through some thorny issues in neuroscience and philosophy, trying to move the ball forward in coming to terms with what Free Will is, and what difference it makes to understand this and to be able to articulate it well. These discussions also help us to try our hand at these questions if for no other reason than to realize just how hard some of these issues are to master well, as well as how inescapable they are if you're paying attention. The Republican Professor is a pro-coming-to-terms-with-basic-metaphysics, pro-hearing-philosophers-speak-to-scientists, pro-free-will-understood-well, pro-getting-precursors-to-moral-responsibility-right podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Justin Capes, Ph.D., of Flagler College in Florida. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D., who couldn't help but do this episode. He couldn't not do it. Share this episode with a friend if it's interesting to you. If not, you'll share it anyway if you don't have free will because you were just destined to do so. Or, maybe you won't even when you really wanted to. Or... Be sure to subscribe. It makes you feel like you could have done otherwise, which is a great feeling to have. Sometimes, people subscribe because they just can't not subscribe. TRP Podcast offices downtown just heard: We were just last week ranked #1 in the entire Western Hemisphere by Losing Friends Quickly Magazine's October 2022 issue. We are very proud, me and the one friend I have left who will listen to all the questions I have. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

This is the US Navy's birthday. Retired Navy Command Master Chief Larry Wilkse joins The Republican Professor Podcast to talk about his 30 year Navy career, which took him from the Navy's wrestling team to OS A-School to Surface Warfare qualification on the way to BUDS to a host of commands and deployments after becoming Special Warfare Sea Air and Land (SEAL) qualified. He deployed 14 times, had a couple changes of ratings, including multiple combat deployments where he was awarded multiple Bronze Stars and many other Navy and Joint service citations. He ended his career with the rating of Command Master Chief, having been a Plank Owner and Command Master Chief of the then-new SEAL Team 7 (new at the time 20 years ago). Our discussion is wide-ranging, covering everything from combat to his view on teaching firearms to inner city youth and women to what he thinks about the so-called "assault weapon" ban for civilians to one of my favorites, the art and science of taking naps (Larry can time his naps exactly to the minute, ahead of time, and wake spontaneously) (lots of suffering in order to get to that point). He has also run for office, getting 43% of the vote in a +29 D district in California. Dude. Larry is a fascinating individual and an absolute delight to shoot the bull with. He's a man's man with a heart of gold. He clearly wants to leave the world a better place than how he found it and is willing to sacrifice to see that happen. Master Chief Wilkse (who would rather be called just "Larry") spent 30 years in the United States Naval Service, rising to the top of the enlisted ranks as well as to the apex of the operational capacities of the naval service, but Larry is still serving America. Now he does so in a private capacity as president of Vanguard Training and Consulting, a firearms training group that brings quality small arms and situational awareness training to civilians, especially women, with appropriate sensitivity and effectiveness. Check out https://femalefirearmsinstructor.com/about/ for more information. Happy birthday, United States Navy. The Republican Professor is a pro-Navy, pro-serving-America, pro-getting-the-bad-guys, pro-let-me-tell-you-what-I-really-think-about-the-"assault-weapon"-ban, pro-man's-man, pro-female-firearm-instructor, pro-let's-reach-the-inner-city-youth, pro-art-and-science-of-taking-naps podcast. Therefore, welcome Command Master Chief Larry Wilkse (SEAL, SW, AW), USN (ret.), 30 year combat veteran and now president of Vanguard Training and Consulting (bringing situational awareness and firearms instruction to women across the country) or in other words, welcome Larry. The Republican Professor is produced and by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Happy birthday, United States Navy. If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend. Consider subscribing.

In TRP YouTube Episode 93, Dr. Shannon Holzer, Ph.D., a First Amendment Religion Clause scholar at Houston Baptist University joins TRP podcast today to discuss Kennedy v. Bremerton School District (decided 27 June 2022, US Supreme Court). The case involved a football coach who had been fired for praying on the football field after the game. The case is significant because it appears that the Court got rid of the infamous “Lemon” test that it sometimes had used in the past to resolve cases of this type. We discuss the “Lemon” test and some of the history and tradition of First Amendment Religion Clause jurisprudence as a part of our discussion. The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-the-First-Amendment-right podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Shannon Holzer, Ph.D., First Amendment Religion Clause scholar at Houston Baptist University for his 3rd TRP episode. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. TRP podcast has been ranked last out of all podcasts by the Spring 2022 issue of Celebrating Unconstitutional Conduct magazine. Be sure to share this with a friend and to subscribe. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substa... https://www.therepublicanprofessor.co... https://www.therepublicanprofessor.co... YouTube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublica... Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Be of good cheer. People like Amanda Spiers exist. She is 22 years old, went into the work force right out of high school. She works for Leadership Institute and works to make America better, one task at a time. The Republican Professor is a pro-young-people-who-give-you-hope podcast. Therefore, welcome Ms. Amanda Spiers ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Be sure to subscribe ! Share it with a friend ! Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Dr. Scott Wenig, Ph.D. is a professionally trained historian, specializing in the history of the Church (which would include all branches of Christianity). Dr. Wenig's day job is the Haddon W. Robinson Chair of Biblical Preaching at Denver Seminary, but since his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado, Boulder is in Church History (with original research for his dissertation in Europe), he also teaches Church History for the Seminary. In fact, Scott was my (Dr. Mather's) Church History professor when I took the year-long M.Div. sequence (as an M.A. Academic track student) over 20 years ago. Scott was my Early and Medieval Church History professor , as well as the history scholar on the Path of Paul trip to Greece and Turkey and the Mediterranean world back in 2001 in the months before 9/11 (along with Dr. Bill Klien, Ph.D., a New Testament scholar and my Greek teacher, and Dr. Ralph R. Covell, Ph.D., a specialist in Church History in China and Taiwan). He's an interesting character. He has a wonderful sense of humor which isn't completely on display here (not as much as it was on the long bus-rides through Turkey in 2001). It's not normal to have a Preaching professor have such intense historical professional training in original archival research, or a Ph.D. in history. It enables Scott to have an interest in almost everything and to approach crisis situations with a measure of disciplined reflection on how the past shapes the meaning of the present. Why? Because we're always searching for the appropriate historical analogues with which to understand accurately what we're facing, why, and what you can do productively about it. This helps us answer for ourselves the fundamental question: How we can be in the world. Getting the appropriate historical analogues is not an easy task, though, and requires more training that you might have. You can't just snap your fingers, or look at some memes on social media, and have it right. Studying more history may be the way forward for you. That requires a good mentor. I took Church History with Dr. David Howle, Ph.D. as an undergraduate in Hawaii even though I didn't need it to graduate (and the Navy paid for most of it). I used that class to get out of the single semester Church History class for my MA program at Denver Seminary, but then decided I wanted to take the year long M.Div. track (M.Div. at the time was a year longer of study than the MA academic track). So I had 3 semesters, when I only "needed" 1. I did 3x the work. Why? In part because of people like Scott Wenig. (My Reformation and Modern Church History professor was the late Dr. Bruce Shelley, Ph.D., author Church History in Plain Language). The Republican Professor is a pro-historical-training, pro-having-the-appropriate-historical-analogues, pro-mental-well-being, pro-Haddon-Robinson-if-you-can-believe-that, pro-Church-History podcast . Therefore, welcome Dr. Scott Wenig, Ph.D., Church History professor and travel companion extraordinaire . The Republican Professor podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Ph.D. TRP Podcast is also available in audio only formats on Apple podcasts, etc. Share this with a friend. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

The co-author (with G.Z. Rodriguez) of three Christian "non-Hallmarky," "non-campy" Christian urban-fantasy-genre novels D.J. Vargas joins TRP for Episode 90 on YouTube. Father of two special needs children, a gun owner, a Caribbean-heritage black Hispanic whose mother tongue is Spanish but who talks with with a Jersey accent, Vargas is a versatile conversationalist, covering everything from how to raise children with Downs Syndrome and make sure they hear the Gospel, to contemporary Anglo-Analytic philosophical issues in epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind, to socialism in his birth country of the once-prosperous Venezuela. Just to add to that, he makes a living with computers program stuff. "I make computers do things," he says. That's his definition of a real computer programmer. Vargas and his childhood friend and co-author created a protagonist who is a Latina from the Bronx (not AOC). The book series features a fictional reflection, if you will, on the use of martial might and power from a Christian perspective. (Recall, in real life, he is a gun owner, a CZ pistol--we've been shooting together). The setting is like ours but with some fantastical elements. Not everything wraps up nicely in a bow, just like in real life. But that's the only preview you get. Check the books out at https://www.amazon.com/D-J-Vargas/e/B09MZR67RT?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1663892596&sr=1-1 He's under contract for 3 more books published by LMBPN Publishing. The Republican Professor is a pro-lawful-immigrant, pro-let's-create-something, pro-reflecting-on-fundamental-persistent-questions-in-fiction, pro-legal-self-defense, pro-it-doesn't-always-wrap-up-nicely-in-a-bow podcast. Therefore, welcome my friend Danny Vargas, Christian novelist, gun owner, and father of special needs kids, man who makes computers do things. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Share this with a friend. If you like it, be sure to subscribe. (Share with a friend whether you like it or not, though). (Jk). Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Dr. Keith Buhler, Ph.D., headmaster of a California K-12 school in the Eastern Orthodox tradition, doesn't even advertise for his school. They haven't needed to. Their private school has grown by leaps and bounds all by word of mouth. Dr. Keith is the son of Southern California radio legend Rich Buhler. He earned his Ph.D. in Ancient Philosophy from the University of Kentucky and began his real estate journey while a student there. He now entirely or partially owns 22 doors (just the door, jk), having finished nearly a dozen deals, all on a very modest salary. He walks us through the pitfalls and victories of this real estate journey, including mindset, discipline, having a mentor (and what do the mentors get out of it?), partnership with others, and the point of investing. The Republican Professor is a pro-business, pro-marketplace, pro-figuring-it-out, pro-successful mentoring podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Keith Buhler, Ph.D., real estate investor, mentor, and headmaster. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Share with a friend. Be sure to subscribe. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ YouTube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

The concept of a "Mama Bear" needs no explanation. It instantly calls to mind a completely competent defender of the little bear cubs against whatever threatens those little ones. Meet the founder of Mama Bear Apologetics, and the editor of the book "Mama Bear Apologetics: Empowering Your Kids to Challenge Cultural Lies," Hillary Ferrer. Like the branding, Hillary's aim is to help parents come to terms with the fact they are the first line of apologetic defense for their kids hearts and minds, and frankly, not many people are squared away for the task. Mama Bear Apologetics seeks to meet the need by providing resources for parents to become the competent defender that the idea "Mama Bear" brings to mind. We have a wonderful discussion especially about how you can track and handle manipulation of language. Dr. Mather shares his anecdotes of handling the manipulation of the term "Marriage" on college campuses in LA as an example. Check the organization out at at https://mamabearapologetics.com/ and on the various social media platforms. The Republican Professor is a pro-Mama-Bear, pro-Apologetics-done-well, pro-you-are-your-own-first-responder, pro-pay-attention-to-manipulation-of-language podcast. Therefore, welcome Mama Bear Apologetics and Hillary Ferrer ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. TRP Podcast has been ranked #2 podcast that the devil hates (just behind EconTalk with Russ Roberts). Share this with a friend. Be sure to subscribe ! Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Many say on 9/11 "never forget," but days later, on Constitution Day (9/17), they forget the Constitution. But Constitution Day is a much much bigger deal, a much bigger day, and for a much, much longer period of time. That needs to change. Our 2022 Constitution Day special guest here on The Republican Professor podcast is Dr. Lucas Morel, Ph.D., the John K. Boardman, Jr., Professor of Politics at Washington & Lee University in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, right where the Civil War happened. Dr. Morel is the author of "Lincoln and the American Founding" (Southern Methodist University Press, 2020), a very nice slim volume packed with history, law, and wisdom. It's a book I myself am using this semester in my course on The American Founding at Azusa Pacific University in Lost Angeles County, a course originally designed by prof. Chris Flannery according to APU lore, and where our guest himself originally taught. The volume can be found here : https://www.amazon.com/Lincoln-American-Founding-Concise-Library/dp/0809337851/ref=sr_1_1?crid=E4JEGHO29WSN&keywords=lincoln+and+the+founding+morel&qid=1663195560&s=instant-video&sprefix=lincoln+and+the+founding+morel%2Cinstant-video%2C135&sr=1-1 Dr. Morel is originally from LA County and has black Hispanic heritage. Now he teaches at Washington & Lee University in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. So we have a black guest , Lincoln scholar, who teaches at a university named after 2 slave holders, including one who was, in our guests' words, "a traitor," Robert E. Lee. (Lee was not a Republican). How to make sense of all this ? Well, Dr. Morel is an open book. He walks us through this fact pattern as well as through some of his book, whetting our appetite for more on Lincoln and the Founding while at the same time quenching our curiosity today. Dr. Morel helps us understand so many things about America, the Constitution, and the Declaration of Independence. This is an interesting episode and volume for many reasons, all having to do with how properly to contemplate the American Founding and later, the birth of the current Republican Party, which was founded in 1854, which led to the end of slavery in the United States. Dr. Morel is a wealth of valuable information, insight, and wisdom about how to make sense of the Founding, race and slavery. He has studied and taught this stuff for decades and his material is worth consuming. The Republican Professor podcast is a pro-correctly-contemplating the American Founding, pro-grasping-the-birth-of-the-Republican-Party, pro-abolishing-slavery, pro-best-of-American-statesmanship, pro-Abraham-Lincoln, pro-fundamentally-grasping-the-Constitution, pro-celebrating-Constitution-Day podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Lucas Morel, Ph.D., author of "Lincoln & the American Founding", John K. Boardman, Jr., Professor of Politics at Washington & Lee University, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, for TRP's 2022 Constitution Day episode. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Be sure to subscribe ! Share this with a friend. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ YouTube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

On this anniversary of a somber national trauma on September 11th, what better way to spend the day than with someone who understands how trauma can be stored in the body. Our guest today is someone I've known for a long time: The Woman Behind Sarah Jackson Coaching has been through it. Sarah learned the hard way, from the cumulative wisdom from long years of suffering how to resource the nervous system by releasing stored energy , allowing the body to return to a state of regulation, or rest and digest, which is the baseline God designed for us. The woman behind Sarah Jackson Coaching on Instagram and Facebook is someone who is taking the heart of Jesus to the ministry of healing trauma and releasing it so that the nervous system can return to a baseline of "rest and digest." That's where we belong. It's what we were designed for by our Creator. I personally think that the message here has some cultural ramifications. Much of politics involves trying to motivate people to do something by getting folks into a nervous system state of fight or flight. That's not good for the nervous system. It may temporarily increase attention span to a narrow focus, but a perpetual cycle of this can wreck one's health, ultimately leading to brain fog and lower attention span. Many people become so overloaded that they go into dorsal vagal shutdown--they can't take it--or worse, freeze, which is a combination of fight or flight and shutdown. Sarah spent 6 years in the prime of her young adult life in bed with chronic, invisible illness. I was writing colleagues with her at a non-profit at the time. During writer's meetings, I glimpsed first-hand what she was going through. She often did her writing from bed. It seemed hopeless. She saw countless doctors. Sadly, there were multiple layers to this challenge, emotional, financial, social--she was deserted by friends and by the church when she was most vulnerable. She was gaslighted, because the medical people couldn't see anything wrong with her. It was only when she began learning to release stored trauma with somatic, bottom up practices, that she began healing her system more holistically. Once that resourcing was in place, she began to heal in a more complete way than ever before. Now she helps others to do the same. I saw this transformation with my own eyes over the years. And I can speak from personal experience that her techniques work. She's not paying me to say any of this. I'm introducing you to her because I really believe in her. It might seem like an odd topic for The Republican Professor, especially given the last 2 years. It's actually one of the most relevant topics we've ever covered on the podcast, because it gets to the heart of so many issues in our national, regional, and local culture that have relevance to education and learning. I think God designed us to be in a state of rest and digest for optimal learning. I think our politics work best if we develop a culture where people have an attention span, feel resourced and are indeed healthy. I know of no other way to do deep work necessary for long-term, healthy solutions for all problems, big and small. You'll notice that Sarah is a lovely young woman and a joy to be around. Most impressive, though, from my perspective is the depth of her wisdom and life experience she has with suffering well. One of the spiritual forms she uses is lament. This is a deep teaching and will serve many millions well. It's a strange topic, suffering well. Turns out, it's actually a thing. But she helps people move through the suffering to the other side. The Republican Professor is a pro-resourcing-the-nervous-system, pro-rest-and-digest-baseline, pro-attention-span, pro-releasing-stored-trauma, pro-pursuing-health-by-suffering-well podcast. Therefore, welcome dearest Sarah Jackson of Sarah Jackson Coaching on Instagram and Facebook. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Dr. Kerry Chavez, Ph.D. is a research fellow at the Modern War Institute, United States Military Academy at West Point* (https://mwi.usma.edu/research-fellows/kerry-chavez/) but her day job is teaching quantitative methods, International Politics, Foreign Policy, and Politics of Military Force at Texas Tech University, where she is the Projects Administrator of the Peace, War, and Social Conflict Laboratory. Dr. Chavez is a quantitative methods scholar of International Security and Conflict, so she brings a her own collected data to the study of drones and violent non-state actors. She defines these terms for us, and we talk a little bit about how she collected those data. Kerry is a co-author of a recent War on the Rocks article (with Ori Swed, former Israeli SF) called "Weak States and Loose Arms: Lessons and Warnings from Afghanistan to Ukraine" published July 12, 2022, which is the subject of much or our discussion here. Here's a link to that article, here : https://warontherocks.com/2022/07/weak-states-and-loose-arms-lessons-and-warnings-from-libya-to-ukraine/ Dr. Chavez did some of her graduate work at St. Andrews University in Scotland, which I learned during this interview is not called "Street Andrews", like on a mailing address. And actually, I guess that makes sense. Kerry has a rigorous, broad, classical education in her undergrad, as a graduate of the Torrey Honors Institute at Biola University, and I think we talked about that enough to where Torrey now owes me 10% of any future revenue from their program, and Kerry should get 10%, too. Dr. Kerry Chavez, Ph.D., is a delightful person, has a charming and ironically disarming sense of humor, and our fun conversation (strange that this topic could be fun--I guess it was the person, not the topic per se), is wide-ranging and timely. The Republican Professor is a pro-remembering-never-to-forget, pro-delightful-professors, pro-International-security-study-done-right, pro-having-fun-while-doing-serious-things, pro-someones-got-to-do-the-quant-stuff, pro-catching-up-with-old-friends podcast. Therefore, welcome my good friend Dr. Kerry Chavez, Ph.D., of Texas Tech and West Point. Make sure you never forget to subscribe. Share this with a friend. Level up on security. TRP Podcast has recently been ranked last in the world by Unimportant Things magazine, late summer edition. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ YouTube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor *A prep school for the Naval Academy.

It's my personal pet peeve that we say Never Forget for 9/11, and yet days later, we forget Constitution Day, which is a bigger deal for a much longer time. That won't happen on The Republican Professor Podcast, at least not while I'm running it. Constitution Day should be as great, if not greater a day than July 4th, for without Separation of Powers, the Declaration would just be a piece of paper. This year's TRP 9/11 memorial episode guest is a very special man, Senior Chief Gabe Morris, USN (retired). Senior Chief Morris spent over 22 years in the United States Navy working as a Linguist and Intelligence Analyst with the Tagalog and Arabic languages. (Why would we need Arabic linguists ? Hmmm). His experience is as varied as very intense immersion-style academic training in the languages mentioned above, shore-based intelligence support, deployed special operations in the Middle East and elsewhere, but also includes time in Navy law enforcement, LEO special criminal investigations, and time as an instructor in support of Navy training, culminating in a highly specialized personnel billeting position for Navy linguists/intelligence orders which was a job for a Master Chief, which Gabe performed as a Senior Chief. As impressive as his unique Navy career is and was, from my perspective, most impressive is that he stayed happily married for over 20 years of his active service, while in at times quite stressful operating conditions. I was at his wedding at Lover's Point, Pacific Grove , California in the early 90s, when California had a Republican governor (remember those times?). He's a humble servant of Christ, and he has been that way the entire time I've known him. He's what we call in the business a true believer, and it was a pleasure catching back up with him. The Republican Professor is a pro-true-believer, pro-Navy-linguist, pro-special-operations, pro-intel-analyst, pro-good-LEO, pro-staying-married-for-a-long-time-through-thick-and-thin, pro-awesome-example-for-the-kids podcast. Therefore, welcome Senior Chief Gabe Morris, United States Navy, retired, for TRP 2022 9/11 Never Forget podcast episode. (The kids never knew in the first place, never forget that you can't forget what you never knew). (That's why we need to tell them about it). The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Don't forget to never forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Sticher, Podvine, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts, as well as here on the Republican censoring YouBoob I mean YouTube. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substa... https://www.therepublicanprofessor.co... YouTube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublica... Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Happy Labor Day weekend 2022: TRP Episode 85 TRP's Labor Day guest today is once again Dr. Arik Greenberg, Ph.D. He's writing a book. We talk at length about Dr. Greenberg's memoir that he's writing that gets into some detail of his family of origin. It mixes with Theology, which is his academic specialty. Then we continue talking about Academic Labor issues, Unions, etc. from our earlier episode 23, published March 11, 2022: available here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmdTh2QiS9o and Episode 24 on Apple Podcasts available here : https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/2022/03/12/episode-24-faculty-part-time-tenure-labor-issues-special-guest-dr-arik-greenberg-ph-d-of-loyola-marymount-university-la/ This is the second part of a multi-episode extended set of conversations on Faculty Labor Issues in Higher Education with our special guest today, Dr. Arik Greenberg, Clinical Professor of Theology at Loyola Marymount University, Lost Angeles. Dr. Greenberg is a distinguished, seasoned faculty member on Lost Angeles college campuses and brings a wealth of experience not only in teaching and administration but also in union organizing and peace march demonstrations. This topic of academic labor can get very complicated very quickly, but there is no other dialogue partner I can think of that can rise to that challenge with as much grace and humility as can Professor Greenberg. We are truly delighted that he stopped by to say a hi and stay awhile to continue into the weeds a bit on this topic. And we do continue in some details, some specific numbers, so you can get a feel for what "part-time" professors get paid to teach college in Lost Angeles Ventura, and Orange County, California in recent decades. The Republican Professor is a pro-improving-Faculty-Labor-Issues-on-Campus, pro-making-college-great-again podcast. To move forward we have to listen carefully to each other and learn from each other, to forge relationships that are resilient enough to perdure through time. The Republican Professor welcomes Dr. Arik Greenberg ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Happy Labor Day weekend from TRP Here are links to the documents referenced by Dr. Greenberg at almost the 2 hour mark: https://edlabor.house.gov/imo/media/doc/1.24.14-AdjunctEforumReport.pdf and https://pullias.usc.edu/download/imperative-change-fostering-understanding-necessity-changing-non-tenure-track-faculty-policies-practices/?wpdmdl=13873&refresh=62bd03d0771fc1656554448

TRP Episode 82 on YouTube: Civil Rights attorney John Dillon, a prevailing attorney against California's so-called "assault weapon" definition and ban, reacts to the US Supreme Court's decision in NY Rifle & Pistol Assn v. Bruen (issued Thursday 23 June 2022). His victory in federal trial court against the so-called California Department of Justice came last summer, June of 2021, in Miller v. Bonta decided 4 June 2021. Interesting for our purposes here, the Judge Benitez's (Cuban ancestry) reasoning in striking down the ban as a violation of the Second Amendment was essentially the same reasoning used by the high Court in Bruen. Benitez used the Heller test, as he called it, before, and in addition to the flawed reasoning that the 9th Circuit had developed to counteract Heller, because they don't like Heller. You can and should read that very readable, well-argued Miller decision for yourself here : https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5854039725887452071&q=miller+v.+bonta&hl=en&as_sdt=2003 Feel free to tell me if I'm wrong in the comments. But make sure you base your argument in the text of Miller and in the text of Bruen. Cite those sources. (Good luck in that). You can read the Bruen decision here : https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/20-843_7j80.pdf John goes into a little of his backstory, as well, of how he personally got into this topic. He did not grow up as a "gun guy." He was a normal undegrad a UCLA. It's possible he partied a little too much. But he majored in History. He did well in school. He decided to go to Law School also in LA at Loyola. It was during law school there in LA that he went shooting at a club in LA and decided to buy his own firearm. There began his journey through the Alice in Wonderland type of web of irrational bureaucratic criminalization scheme that California and LA have enacted in the name of "public safety" and "police power." Police power, in these jurisdictions (like New York), could be symbolized with a fist in the air, power to the police, the police state. Innocence as a definition be damned. The once clear line between guilt and innocence in the California criminal law is now blurred, constantly moving, and sometimes not in line with anything approaching rationality or commonsense. John Dillon began to take it as his mission in life to expose that to the world for what it is. Referenced in this episode is also Justice Thomas's dissent from denial of cert in Sylvester v. Harris, here : https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/17-342_4hd5.pdf ^ It's short, read it . Get informed. It's also a delight to read because it's so well-written. The Republican Professor is a pro-effective-legit-advocacy, pro-Second-Amendment-rightly-understood, pro-Cuban-federal-judges-who-get-that-government-can't-just-make-stuff-up-to-increase-power-at-the-expense-of-innocent-people, pro-Black-justices-who-were-raised-under-Democratic-segregation-(where-there-was-a-real-Klan)-who-get-the-Second-Amendment podcast . Therefore, welcome John Dillon, the prevailing attorney in Miller against Bonta (the Calif DOJ) on 4 June 2021. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The latest issue of Police State Magazine (Berkeley, Ca) has recently voted TRP #6th scariest publication for Statists who want to grow their Police State, behind the Bible, the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution, the corpus of Alexander Solzhenitzen, and Mila 18 by Leon Uris. We're honored. Thank you. Very humbling. #grateful Be sure to subscribe and share. This is TRP Episode 85 on Apple Podcasts, Orange Podcasts, Yellow Podcasts, etc.

For a time in his Ethiopian youth, Dr. Tedla G. Woldeyohannes, Ph.D., of Huntington University in Indiana, was a Marxist. But gradually he was called out of that materialistic metaphysics , and out of scientism, into Biblical, historic orthodox Christian belief, and into classically rigorous Philosophy, the search for truth and love of wisdom. Dr. Woldeyohannes has written a fascinating book in English (one of his 3 languages) just published called "A Philosopher's Testimony About the God Who Calls," which is worth every dollar and available for purchase here: https://www.amazon.com/Philosophers-Testimony-About-God-Calls/dp/B0B5KVD4K5/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=a+philosophers+testimony&qid=1661750890&sr=8-1 The book is clearly and beautifully (and at times humorously) written. It describes that inner journey that led him into contact with the rock stars (for lack of a better term) of Anglo/American analytic Philosophy. If Alvin Plantinga, William P. Alston, & William Hasker were Bruce Springsteen, Bono, and Cher, Tedla was receiving signed copies of Born in the USA, Under A Blood Red Sky, and that one song from Groundhog Day, plus money, from these stars *while he lived in Ethiopia !* Why did he receive these items ? Because he asked. He found their addresses, wrote letters, and asked for copies of books and articles unavailable to him otherwise. It seems God was and is at work in Tedla's life. Tedla joins us from Bill Hasker's old office there at Huntington University, which illustrates, perhaps even proves, the point. Through dire poverty, through traumatic family challenges, including the death of his brother (his roommate at the time), through tumultuous economies and politics, through international visa bureaucratic BS challenges and hangups, through enrollments and missed assignments because he had , as Aristophanes said of Socrates, he had his head in the clouds, through failure, delay, and even family death, God called Tedla to study Philosophy, no matter what. God called Tedla, (Dr. Tedla, now) to a life of singular focus on a Christian search for truth. This is a radical story. It's gripping. HIs outer journey accompanies and is as dramatic as his inner journey, taking him from Africa to Lost Angeles County, California to study Anglo-American Analytic Philosophy from a Christian perspective at Biola University, then to Colorado to teach Philosophy for a time (where, as it turns out, the same school that my own parents met, in my hometown), then to Western Michigan to continue his skills in a purely secular Philosophy graduate program, and finally to a Ph.D. in Anglo/American Analytic Philosophy at a Jesuit school under the famous Medieval Scholar and Philosopher of Religion Eleanore Stump and the famous Epistemologist John Greco at Saint Louis University. Through it all he was financially supported by Bill Alston and Bill Hasker, among some others, like for instance the philosophy celebrity equivalent of perhaps Johnny Cash, Dr. Peter van Inwagen, a famous Philosopher at the University of Notre Dame, who doesn't even think that money is real (see the 1 hour mark for detail of the metaphysics of ordinary palpable objects). There are so many moving parts to this story, to this intellectual development, but final detail: Recall, Tedla was not a native English speaker. He had to work for it, and work hard. His first purchases were: a radio, and a good English dictionary. Both for the purposes of mastering English. It has paid off. The Republican Professor is a pro-mastering-English, pro-Philosophy-done-well, pro-compelling-life-story, pro-turning-from-Marxism, pro-Testimony-of-the-God-Who-Calls podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Tedla G. Woldeyohannes, Ph.D., sitting in Bill Haskers' office at Huntington (I can't believe it) The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. TRP is currently ranked last in the world in the category of boring podcasts. Be sure to subscribe !

Ms. Dezarae Payne is the director of a monthly firearms training clinic at the Ben Clark Sheriff's Training Center in Riverside County, California for Sheriff Chad Bianco (Riverside County Sheriff) to promote firearm safety and education for California citizens, typically women. She is NRA, DOJ (California Department of Justice) and Riverside County Sheriff certified CCW (Conceal Carry Weapon) instructor. In addition, she is the founder and CEO of FemaleFirearmsInstructor.com and develops curriculum for that company, Vanguard Training and Consulting, which teaches especially women how to safely handle and carry firearms. You can check out her female-focused firearms training here : https://femalefirearmsinstructor.com/about/ Women don't necessarily want to be trained by another woman, according to Dezarae. Frankly, it might just be that they don't want to be trained by their husband or boyfriend. Ms. Payne has a unique temperament perfectly suited to this kind of training. Firearms education and training can be very intimidating to those who feel jolted by the loud noises, who are initially afraid of the weapon itself, who don't understand how it works, why it does what it does, how to clear jams safely (finger off the trigger, always aware and in control of where the muzzle is, that it's constantly at all times pointed in the best direction, a "safe" direction, etc), to load and unload and be aware of others (at all times), and to do so while having a great time, that all can be overwhelming to people new to firearms. If they feel shame or their nerves are in dorsal vagal shutdown, they won't take the information in. Culture was such in my childhood first experiences with firearms that I was afraid of being unsafe, and that fear was reinforced by my social community (by everyone), I would have been shamed into oblivion for violating any of these safety norms, it's sometimes hard for me to remember that the newcomer to firearms safety and training doesn't have those deeply ingrained habits and intuitions. Somehow, the safe and strict firearms culture in my family and friends also allowed for freedom, responsibility, and fun with firearms at a very early age there in the Colorado of my youth. But not everyone has that background, and many can't even contemplate what that would be like for them. That's why I'm so impressed with Ms. Payne's gentle, firm, disciplined, informed, safe approach to leveling women up (and some men, too). She is the guardian of the best in American "gun culture," including the politics side of this equation. This stuff doesn't happen in a political vacuum. Dezarae grew up in Montana and moved to California as an adult. She was carrying legally in her home state, having gone through the very simple process there of obtaining a carry permit. What she experienced when she got to California was a nightmare in terms of compliance. Innocent people can easily become accidental criminals in the intense matrix and web of irrationally complex, non-intuitive police state mentality of California law. Of course, as Dezarae notes, nothing changed as far as her safety and training with firearms when she moved from one part of America to another. Why the heavy-handed overreach in California ? It didn't and still doesn't make any sense, as it didn't seem to have any even minimal rationality attached to California's over-criminalization approach. Most politicians start out local. That's the time to train and educate them into protecting the right to self-defense and everything necessary to support that right, culturally and politically. So, start locally in politics. The Republican Professor is a pro-female-firearms-training, pro-citizen-self-defense, pro-anti-Police-State, pro-healthy-gun-culture, pro-CCW, pro-American podcast Therefore, welcome FemaleFirearmsInstructor.com's Dezarae Payne, Vanguard Training The Republican Professor is produced & hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

We're joined today by Prof. Dr. Errin Clark (Ph.D., Medieval Philosophy, SLU), a current or former Adjunct Professor in Wisconsin, Missouri, and Ohio. He's taught Logic, Critical Thinking, Theology, Latin, World Religions, Medical Ethics, Business Ethics, Environmental Ethics, Philosophy of the Human Person (Philosophical Anthropology), and high school as well. Dr. Clark is a serious Catholic scholar, having been classically trained at the Jesuit school St. Louis University, not pronounced "street Louis University," which I found out during our interview. Dr. Clark (not pronounced "drive Clark", which I also discovered during our interview)(awkward) is a gun owner, training his six kids in firearms safety fundamentals. This despite the fact that he grew up near Santa Cruz, California. We cover a host of topics related to Philosophy, like philosophy of language, metaphysics, epistemology, Plato versus Aristotle, Medieval Philosophy (which he specialized in under the famous medievalist scholar, Eleonore Stump at SLU), teaching college, firearms heritage, inculcating virtue in the kids, grade inflation, issues in Theology, like whether angels or demons are real, drug use, the occult, different Christian denominations in his California growing up years, etc. It's a wide-ranging discussion. The Republican Professor is a pro-listening-actually-listening-to-the-Adjuncts, pro-confession, pro-teaching-excellence, pro-inculcating-virtue-in-the-young, pro-struggling-through-Theology, pro-Philosophy-taught-right-in-college, pro-firearms-safety-education podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Errin Clark, Ph.D., Philosophy junky and Adjunct professor extraordinaire. The Republican Professor podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. TRP podcast is currently ranked number 2 in the universe for podcasts that are not number one but would be number one if they were number one. Be sure to subscribe on YouTube, and the other podcast providers like Apple, Orange, Stitcher, Spotify, Substack, for exclusive, not inclusive, non-material. (We aren't materialists). Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ YouTube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

The Honorable Mr. Kevin Muldoon, JD, the Mayor of Newport Beach in Orange County, California, joins The Republican Professor podcast today to talk about local California politics. You've heard of "the Deep State". Muldoon calls local government "the Shallow State." Kevin has a great sense of humor. Kevin started his career in politics in the George W. Bush White House (Executive Office Building), eventually going on to Law School in Orange County and then to the local prosecutor's office after passing the Bar. He eventually went into business. He graduated from a Loyola Marymount University in Lost Angeles (where Dr. Mather, TRP's producer and host, also went and where Dr. Mather taught for a long time). Kevin was awarded the Dr. Singleton Award in Economics while at LMU. He was recruited by locals to run for local office in Newport Beach and so he did back in 2014, and was elected to the part-time City Council position, where he has been since. He has been Mayor, before, and is currently serving as Mayor, having been selected for the position by his City Council elected colleagues. I'll bet you'll learn something you didn't know about local politics if you stick around. "You don't do it for the money." The Republican Professor is a pro-local-politics-done-right, pro-educating-folks-about-local-politics, pro-transparent-and-no-BS-politician podcast. Therefore, welcome Mr. Mayor of Newport Beach , California (Orange County), USA, Mr. Kevin Muldoon ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. TRP podcast is currently ranked dead middle in the newly established category of Podcasts that are fantastic but would be mediocre if they were ranked #1. God bless America. God bless Orange County. Remember to subscribe to TRP on your podcast app and YouTube. Follow on social media. Or subscribe to the Substack (link below) for fresh material. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ YouTube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Not many people can make Metaphysics interesting while not screwing you up , but then, not many people are Prof. Rob Koons, Ph.D of UT Austin. Dr. Robert Koons, Ph.D (UCLA), full Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas , Austin, joins us from his librarious (should be a word) university office to help walk us through the fundamentals of metaphysics. Metaphysics is not what Barnes & Noble says it is. At least, not in the context of 20th Century Analytic Philosophy , or even the history of philosophy. Rather, "metaphysics" is a technical term for a field within the discipline of Philosophy that refers to the study of Reality, how everything ultimately hangs together in existence, including what kinds of things there are, ultimately. Its focus is on being as such, rather than knowledge of being, on moral or aesthetic judgments . He is the coauthor, along with Dr. Timothy Pickavance, of a book called Metaphysics: The Fundamentals (Wiley Blackwell Publishing) for the beginning upper-level metaphysics student . (It may also be useful for graduate students or professors). The types of issues covered include Causation, Free Will, the nature of Time (is time travel possible ?), and the very nature of possibility and necessity, itself. It's focused yet wide ranging, and so strap in and enjoy. Please support your local book stores. But here is a Mississippi link so you know what to ask for at the book store that you walk into: https://www.amazon.com/Metaphysics-Fundamentals-Philosophy-Robert-Koons/dp/1405195738/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15GP5DX66K3FY&keywords=fundamentals+of+metaphysics&qid=1660681637&sprefix=fundmentals+of+metaphysics%2Caps%2C147&sr=8-1 The Republican Professor is a pro-helpfully-contemplating-metaphysics, pro-getting-Reality-right, pro-awesome-professor podcast. Therefore, welcome, Dr. Rob Koons, Ph.D., of the University of Texas (Austin) Philosophy Department, Metaphysics Mentor extraordinaire. The co-host for this episode of TRP was Kurtis Olson, co-founder of TheRepublicanProfessor.com The producer and host of The Republican Professor podcast is Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. TRP Podcast is currently ranked Absolute Last in California for Confusing and Mediocre Podcasts. Check out TRP's other episodes on our server at https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ or Subscribe to audio only versions on your favorite Podcast app, such as Stitcher, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel to be stay informed with the video-inclusive episodes as they become available. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ YouTube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Born out of wedlock, Southern California (LA County) native Karina Salcedo grew up for a time in the Spanish speaking garage of her grandma, and is now at the time of the recording (Summer 2022) she is 22 years old, married, and an intern for US Senator Ted Cruz at the US Senate Judiciary Committee, going into her 2nd year of law school at ASU. A woman of Christian faith, she begins each day with the Lord in prayer and Bible study. She eats a great breakfast and works out 5 days a week, and goes to work on studying the Law. With an increasingly sharp eye, Karina diagnoses what ails California. Key for her is the health of the family, its ability to make a living, and the faithfulness of government to the Constitution and natural law. (Natural law is the source of human rights). Her church family goes shooting every weekend, her parents are still together, and are in fact married, her husband loves firearms and freedom, and she is loving the study of law and serving at the US Senate Judiciary Committee and Senator Ted Cruz (not Tom Cruise's brother, we cleared that up). She gives us the rundown of favorite Law school classes and what her routine is like being married, and a sense of the source of her ambition, which is to serve the country in a spirit of faithfulness to God. Yes, we talk about immigration and Republican politics. And, yes, she is Hispanic. So she has some opinions, and so we get into that. The Republican Professor is a pro-close-healthy-family, pro-legal-education-done-right, pro-serving-the-US-Senators-who-care-about-the-Constitution, pro-reading-the-Bible-everyday, pro-Bill-of-Rights, pro-building-into-the-younger-generation, pro-listening-carefully-to-the-best-of-the-young podcast. Therefore, welcome, the youngest TRP guest so far, 22 year old 2 L law student, woman who reads her Bible everyday and US Senator intern for Ted Cruz, Karina Salcedo ! This is TRP Episode 76 on YouTube The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. TRP Podcast is currently ranked #1 for scary podcasts in North Korea, China, Cuba, and Berkeley, California, and last in the entire world in the category of Uninteresting Podcasts. Check out TRP's other episodes on our server at https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ or Subscribe to audio only versions on your favorite Podcast app, such as Stitcher, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel to be stay informed with the video-inclusive episodes as they become available. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substa... https://www.therepublicanprofessor.co... Youtube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublica... Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Professor of Political Science Dr. Darren Guerra, Ph.D., shares his approach to teaching Political Science from a Christian perspective to undergraduates in Lost Angeles County, California. Professor Guerra is a Constitutional Scholar who has thought deeply about the original purpose and wise design of key features of the US Constitution and Declaration. For example, one issue is, how slow the Amendment process is, is that justified to correct it? He has written a book about Article V of the original Constitution called "Perfecting the Constitution: the Case for the Article V Amendment Process" available at your local book dealer (please support brick and mortar local bookstores !) and here on Ganges: https://www.amazon.com/Perfecting-Constitution-Case-Amendment-Process-dp-1498515444/dp/1498515444/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1660537303 Guerra thinks it's true slavery is wrong. Professor Guerra (Italian, pronounced Gu-air-rah) is careful to get the students talking constructively with each other about fundamental issues prior to politics per se, issues that include basic epistemology: epistemic justification, the conditions for acquiring knowledge, and the definition of truth itself. This political epistemology, as we might call it, is geared toward equipping the student to recover from and then withstand the nonsense of moral relativism, the absurdity of the so-called "fact-value" distinction, and its ancient neighbor, metaphysical naturalism or materialism. Pedagogically, sometimes, it means slowing way down and rethinking for ourselves our commitment to the truth of certain propositions with political relevance, such as murder is wrong, or that slavery is wrong. In the American context, historically Democrats have long been skeptical of the truth of the statement that slavery is wrong (and hence, that murder of a slave is wrong), and clearly Democrats often still do maintain skepticism of the truth of such basic political statements. Presently, Biola University is surrounded by contemporary California Democrats. The temptation to fit in with them culturally and philosophically is enormously powerful for many, I imagine. Democrats control most of popular culture in California and beyond, including the disastrous government K-12 schools that squeeze out often inarticulate, incoherent metaphysical naturalists, materialists, relativists, in short, Democrat graduates, almost as if by design. But Republicans have always held to to truth of the statement that slavery is wrong (any counterexamples ?). We have always insisted on the know-ability of that fact (see Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural, discussed here in this episode by Prof. Mather in a college evaluation anecdote of his own), and indeed, the modern Republican party was founded upon it in 1854, and fought a war in part over that issue. On one level it may be discouraging to have to continue, in a different form, to fight that philosophical battle, as it were, so to speak, yet again in the classroom or in the culture, sometimes it's not clear how exactly that should go. Dr. Darren Guerra is a master at crafting the curriculum to move the ball discernibly down the road to greater true progress. (The so-called "Progressive" "progress" quite often isn't true progress). (It's important to distinguish "progressivism" in name only from true progress). The Republican Professor is a pro-solid-political-epistemology, pro-anti-slavery, pro-anti-murder, pro-anti-metaphysical-naturalism, pro-anti-murder, pro-encouraging-the-students-to-dialogue-gracefully-and-honestly-with-each-other, pro-getting-down-to-brass-tacks, pro-legit-progress-not-just-"progressive"-in-name-only, pro-smashing-the-so-called-"fact-value"-distinction-to-smithereens, pro-let's-think-on-theology-and-politics podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. TRP Podcast is currently ranked dead last in the entire world in the category of Uninteresting Podcasts.

We're back for PART TWO after a successful spring 2022 US Supreme Court term, joined again by the (pro-bono) president of the 140-year old historic California Rifle and Pistol Association (he does not take a salary for the position), Chuck Michel. In this episode, Chuck breaks down the impact of the recent Right to Bear Arms (RTBA) case at the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) handed down on Thurs 23 June 2022, NY Rifle & Pistol Assn v. Bruen (https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/20-843_7j80.pdf) and what California DOJ actually did after this ruling. They released private information on every law-abiding gun owner in California, including CCW holders who have proved a need for good cause, to world-wide criminals and terrorists -- anyone with an internet connection. There is a Blue Resistance to the ruling with this goal: to criminalize innocent conduct, making it harder for people to effectively defend themselves lawfully. The flawed assumption remains: The police are your bodyguards with a duty to protect you. It's not common knowledge, but that's false . (This is easy to verify with a little sweat equity). Chuck is the LA County-based Civil Rights attorney who prevailed at the 9th Circuit in the initial 3 judge panel which issued an opinion of the Court that is FAMOUS in California for being powerfully argued & beautifully written by Judge O'SCANNLAIN in Peruta v. County of San Diego in 2014 (a Right to Bear Arms case, conceal carry). That opinion was predictably reversed en banc only by ignoring the merits of the 3 judge panel opinion of the Court. SCOTUS in Bruen now changes everything for that en banc reversal. Recall, Chuck is nationally famous as the California "Freedom Week" attorney, which, if you don't remember, within the span of a few days in 2019, brought 1,000,000 standard capacity magazines into California. The District Court issued a wonderfully persuasive, masterfully argued Finding of Fact and Opinion of the Court Duncan v. Becerra (366 F. Supp. 3d 1131 - Dist. Court, SD California 2019). At issue there was the unConstitutionality of California's arbitrary and capricious 10-round magazine limitation. One can support the California Rifle and Pistol Association 501(c)3 tax-deductible educational foundation by making your book purchases through AmazonSmile, indicating you'd like to pick Jeff Bazos' pocket by designating a charity to support. It doe not raise the price one pays for the book. Be sure to check out Chuck's book, "California Gun Laws: A Guide to State and Federal Firearms Regulation" 2022 9th Edition here (remember to use AmazonSmile so that a charity gets part of the $). For more information about California Rifle and Pistol Association, check out : https://crpa.org/ For information on Chuck's boutique Long Beach law firm, check out : https://michellawyers.com/ For links to the major California-based, very persuasively written, masterfully argued, and influentially received Second Amendment opinions rendered by federal judges and mentioned above, check out : Peruta v. County of San Diego (2014) (Persuasive Original Three Judge Panel Opinion) : 742 F. 3d 1144 - Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit 2014. The nationally famous "Freedom Week" Federal District Court opinion that brought in about 1,000,000 standard capacity magazines in less than a week to California, Duncan v. Becerra, 366 F. Supp. 3d 1131 - Dist. Court, SD California 2019. The 9th Circuit 3-Judge panel op: Duncan v. Becerra, 970 F. 3d 1133 - Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit 2020. The Republican Professor is a pro-self-defense, pro-shooting-sports, anti-criminalization-of-innocent-conduct, pro-Constitutional-law-rightly-understood, pro-natural-rights-protected-by-positive-law, pro-education, pro-gun-safety-public-safety podcast. Therefore, welcome attorney Chuck Michel, pro-bono president of the 140-year-old California Rifle & Pistol Association. The Republican Professor is hosted and produced by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Our guest for today's episode is Texas State House Candidate Jonathan Schober. We discuss lessons learned in running for state legislative office in Williamson County, north of Travis County , where Austin is. We talk Lockdowns under Republican leadership, property taxes (the problems in that, practically and philosophically) in Texas, and economic liberty (and the infringement of economic liberties), and the use of the state guard to stem the tide of vulnerable people exploited at the border by the cartels and coyotes. The approach that Jonathan used was an "educate the voter" approach, where they put out a newspaper--it actually was a small newspaper one could hold in your hand and read--on the issues important in that area of Texas relevant to the election. Did it work ? No, it didn't work in winning. But does that mean that that strategy should be abandoned in the future ? Not necessarily. Have a listen and tell us what you think about the approach. We'd be happy to hear from you. The Republican Professor is a pro-educating-the-voter, pro-protecting-economic-liberty, pro-lessons-learned podcast. Therefore, welcome Jonathan Schober ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Check out more TRP episodes on our server, https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ Let us know which one is your favorite.

"Halee, what happened to you was rape. And if you don't call it that, you're never going to get better," Halee’s co-worker said to Halee when she finally told someone the true story 4 months later. Our guest today is the Christian spiritual formation and leadership scholar Dr. Halee Gray Scott, Ph.D. She speaks with a slight, charming Texas drawl. "I grew up in serious country," Texas-native Dr. Halee Gray Scott, Ph.D., begins her story by saying. "I swam in crocodile-infested waters" exploring the nooks and crannies of the East-Texas wilderness. Her childhood was at the same time idyllic for an insatiably curious contrarian kid such as herself, and at the same time quite frightening. There were tornadoes coming down from the uncontrollable, unpredictable and angry giant Texas sky. Later, her adventurous spirit directed her curiosity to scholarship into stable truths about Leadership and the Christian faith, about how young people's attitudes are being shaped by forces we didn't have when we were kids. Whereas the threat of a tornado kept her up at night, now it's the kids. It's the church, and what they're dealing with. It's what the churches and seminaries are or are not doing about it. Maybe they don't know what to do about it, or how to be. Halee's heart is as follows: she hopes to help others to get trained to fill the gap between the challenges facing Leadership and the training they receive. She first got on the radio at 15 years old. Now, she has a Ph.D., is a syndicated radio host, and author of Dare Mighty Things: Mapping the Challenges of Leadership for Christian Women. Her latest book is Not a Hopeless Case: 6 Vital Questions from Young Adults for a Church in Crisis, available April 2023. Check out Christian Curious Radio Program here: https://www.christiancurious.com/ In this wide-ranging discussion, we talk touch on the Kingdom of God and the ethics of eating meat, and naturally from that to hunting. I take the American Indian perspective, for the most part, on the uses of the animal. We camp out on Indian-stuff for a while, what it must have been like for the settlers. We touch on the role of women in ministry. This is a huge part of her professional research. We talk about her Washington Post article where she reported having been raped by her pastor in Texas when she was a young woman, how how she has and is dealing with that. You can find the article titled "#MeToo: I was Raped by my Pastor" published October 16, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/10/16/metoo-i-was-raped-by-my-pastor/ It ran in the print edition of the Post. She had come to college there at UNT, Denton an atheist, and at the time of the rape, had only been a true Christian for 3 months. Does Halee still believe that there is a good God as revealed in the Bible ? Yes, she does. But it's been a journey, and continues to be. Her passion involves protecting the possibility of that belief in the soil of other vulnerable souls, as well. It's what motivates her research and directs her professional steps. It took her 4 months to tell anyone about it, and when she did, her co-worked used the appropriate term "rape." But it took her 15 years to come to terms with that word for what happened. And she had panic attacks for years every-time she went inside a church. But she's healing. We do not rush through this conversation. There is no rush. We take our time. We just enjoy the company and the conversation, and hope you do, too. The Republican Professor is a pro-coming-to-terms, pro-reminiscing-of-idyllic-childhood-conditions, pro-take-your-shoes-off-and-stay-awhile, pro-theological-discussion, pro-wrestling-with-the-problem-of-evil, pro-let's-help-not-screw-the-kids-up-and-keep-the-leadership-appropriately-trained-up-and-accountable podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Halee Gray Scott, Ph.D., Curious Christian The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Few episodes have given me more joy to produce than this one with the man behind Made by Jimbob, Mr. Jimbob himself. He's on his like 4th Instagram account now having been banned on social media for his cartoons, for his art and social commentary. His cultural observations through art and cartoons are apparently "unsafe" or "dangerous" for a certain group of people who run social media. Does he stop ? No, he keeps going, sometimes with an even bigger smile on his face than before. Mr. Jimbob (or, Jimbobb now, with 2 b's--he just keeps adding b's when he needs for new accounts if old ones get shutdown by the Thought Police) keeps on keeping on, and in fact he produces the art you can hang on your wall, that you can touch, art that lasts. You'll find that the man is incredibly well-thought out (he uses the term 'metaphysics' casually and accurately, for instance, just as an example) and that he is mature and purposeful in what he does for MadebyJimbob. He's and also quite funny and down to earth, all at the same time. For more information, check out https://madebyjimbob.com/ and look him up and follow him on social media. The Republican Professor is a pro-Free-Speech, pro-art-as-effective-social-and-political-commentary, pro-getting-people-to-think-with-just-the-right-art-work, pro-art-helping-us-notice-reality, pro-skillful-use-of-art-as-humor, pro-down-to-earth-thoughtful-person podcast Therefore, welcome cartoonist, artist, and humorous social critic Mr. Jimbob, the man behind MadeByJimbob ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

It's our great honor to welcome the founder of Apologetics.com, the delightfully humorous Lion of Christian Apologetics, Dr. Harry Edwards. Dr. Edwards is ethnically Filipino, speaks Tagalog fluently having grown up there in the big city on Luzon. Harry moved to the US lawfully when he was a very young man. There were many, many years when every time you went into the Biola University bookstore, back when they sold, well, books instead of everything else besides books (you can buy coffee mugs, skis, hunting rifles, used Toyota trucks, and rare military insignia, but not like hard cover books anymore at the Biola Book Store since the decline began)(actually, hunting rifles would be progress, but), you would see Harry Edwards there, the king of the Biola Bookstore Commonwealth. And that's because fundamentally Harry is a nerd, sure, but more superficially, it's because Harry was the Biola Bookstore Manager. In other words, you thought of Harry, you thought, books. Books, books, books. And he loves books, and he had and has a passion for introducing people to books, books, and more books. That alone would be a good reason to be a fan of Dr. Harry Edwards. Harry has jet black hair (and he's old, and he does not dye it), he's got dark skin, and he grew up elsewhere, yet he is a red-blooded American. Dr. Harry Edwards has a passion for reaching the lost in America, especially Generation Z, with the wonderful news (true, defensible news) of the historic, biblical Christian Gospel and all the truths of general revelation that flow out of and are consistent with that view of the world. His doctoral dissertation was on reaching Generation Z with Apologetics. His doctorate is a D.Min., a Doctor of Ministry, with emphasis in Apologetics from the epicenter of scholarship on Christian Apologetics, Southern California's Biola University, Talbot School of Theology, in Lost Angeles County. (D. Min. is ironically pronounced "dmon" -- ironic because there's nothing dmonic about it, actually). Many years ago Harry founded Apologetics.com which he still runs while on the pastoral staff of Christian church in Orange County, California. Part of that effort involves a late-night radio program and podcast in Lost Angeles which helps listeners develop, refine, correct, and progress in the best way to understand Christianity and the world. The Republican Professor is a pro-books, pro-awesome-bookstore-that-actually-sells-books, pro-Apologetics-done-right, pro-red-blooded-American-no-matter-what-color-you-appear-to-be, pro-America-loving-lawful-immigrant, pro-re-thinking-how-best-to-reach-the-young podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Harry Edwards, D.Min. (in Christian Apologetics, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, California). The co-host for this episode is Kurtis Olson, co-founder of TheRepublicanProfessor.com The Republican Professor podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. --- A helpful note on the numbering of TRP episodes: This is Episode 70 of The Republican Professor on YouTube. The last two audio-only episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc. (featuring a topic on which YouTube censors free discussion) featured Dr. John R. Lott, Ph.D. and Jon Matthews. The last YouTube episode, The Fatty Truth on Instagram on Political Censorship, was numbered episode 68 on YouTube because our Good Friday and Easter episodes 2022 were not numbered. But this is the 70th episode uploaded to The Republican Professor channel on YouTube. The Audio only version of The Republican Professor podcast included Episode 1 on Abortion, recorded January 2021 with K-12 Public School Teacher Aaron Axtell, published late 2021. Episode 2 was published early 2022. Episode 2 of the audio-only line-up is Episode 1 on YouTube, since the real Episode 1 with Aaron Axtell on Abortion did not have video. More than you ever wanted to like evar like know about, like, how the like episodes are like numbared and stuff. ~Dr. Ljm, Trp

Hey TRPers, This is a conversation with Jon Matthews of Election Integrity Project California which has settled one lawsuit and is in the middle of appealing another right now at the 9th Circuit. We talk about Election Integrity. The key to moving forward with shoring up Election Integrity is transparency. I normally publish the episode to my YouTube channel, The Republican Professor, before it goes out to the rest of the world on Apple podcasts through TRP’s website. But I hesitate to do that for this episode and the one which came before with Dr. John Lott. YouTube censors discussion about Election Integrity. They took down one of TRP’s videos early on when my co-host and I, Kurtis Olson, interviewed the film producer and book publisher Brad Cummings (The Shack, book and film). In three hours, Brad said his opinion that there a lack of integrity and transparency in our election system twice. That’s right, in 3 hours of conversation about everything else, he briefly mentioned just twice, very quickly, his personal opinion about how much work we have to do to shore up Election Integrity in the United States, and YouTube took it down for “spreading misinformation” about a very specific election for a specific office during a specific year, details Brad hadn’t even bothered to mention, his comments were so brief. Democrats run YouTube, and we had a strike, or warning of a strike against my YouTube channel (you get 3 before your channel is gone). I did appeal and they did republish the video, so verify yourself — go watch Brad Cummings’ episode and see for yourself whether that video is “harmful” to the community. The bottom line for me is that although YouTube reinstated the video , they did so at their sole discretion without any explanation (or expectation that they owed us or anyone any explanation) as to why they changed their minds, or how specifically they make their decisions, nor did they offer an apology for their admitted mistake. And so I’m left with a chilling effect on frank discussion about that topic on YouTube. By the way, YouTube sure seems to be run by Democrats, certainly not by Republicans. Enjoy this episode with our guest Jon Matthews with Election Integrity Project Californai, and look for the video on Rumble if you want to see us. The Republican Professor is a pro-secure-elections, pro-shoring-up-election-integrity, pro-Free-Speech-about-election-integrity-on-any-platform, pro-producing-people-who-can-think-for-themselves-instead-of-having-Youtube-run-by-Democrats-censor-the-information-they-may-need-to-make-up-their-own-minds-intelligently, pro-transparency-in-elections podcast. Therefore, welcome Jon Matthews of Election Integrity Project, California. The Republican Professor podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Dr. John R. Lott, Jr. (Ph.D. UCLA, Economics) is best known to us as a researcher on the harms and myths of the effectiveness of gun control, but Dr. Lott joins The Republican Professor podcast this episode to discuss his recent Hillsdale College Imprimis piece called "Is Ensuring Election Integrity Anti-Democratic?" (October 2021, to 6.1 million readers). Dr. Lott provides a comparison of the US with the rest of the World on efforts to shore up election integrity. What he writes is shocking. I normally publish the episode to my YouTube channel, The Republican Professor, before it goes out to the rest of the world on Apple podcasts through TRP's website. But I hesitate to do that for this episode and the one to follow. YouTube censors free discussion about Election Integrity. They took down one of TRP's videos early on when my co-host, Kurtis Olson, and I interviewed the film producer and book publisher Brad Cummings (The Shack, book and film). In his three hour episode, Brad expressed his opinion twice, within a span of about 10 seconds, that there a lack of integrity and transparency in our election system. That's right, in 3 hours of conversation about everything else, he briefly mentioned just twice, very quickly, his personal opinion about how much work we have to do to shore up Election Integrity in the United States. YouTube took it down for "spreading misinformation" about a very specific election for a specific office during a specific year, details Brad hadn't even bothered to mention, his comments were so brief. And they threatened my TRP channel with a strike. Democrats run YouTube, and we had a strike, or warning of a strike against my YouTube channel (you get 3 before your channel is gone). I appealed and they did republish the video. So verify yourself — go watch Brad Cummings’ episode and see for yourself whether that video is “harmful” to the community. The bottom line for me is that although YouTube reinstated the video , they did so at their sole discretion without any explanation (or expectation that they owed us or anyone any explanation) as to why they changed their minds, or how specifically they made their decisions, nor did they offer an apology for their admitted mistake. And so I’m left with a chilling effect on frank and free discussion about that topic on YouTube. By the way, YouTube sure seems to be run by Democrats, certainly not by Republicans. Enjoy this episode with our esteemed guest, Dr. John R. Lott, Jr., Ph.D., and look for the video on Rumble if you want to see us. The Republican Professor is a pro-secure-elections, pro-shoring-up-election-integrity, pro-Free-Speech-about-election-integrity-on-any-platform, pro-producing-people-who-can-think-for-themselves-instead-of-having-Youtube-run-by-Democrats-censor-the-information-they-may-need-to-make-up-their-own-minds-intelligently, pro-transparency-in-elections podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. John R. Lott, Jr., Ph.D. My co-host for this episode was Kurtis Olson. The Republican Professor podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

When our guest began her Instagram page, it was about Keto stuff. It was a typical food account, pictures of food. It still is about food, if you go and look at her pictures. But then the first quarter of 2020 happened, and she lost her job as a result of the lockdowns in New York, and she went from not having a political pulse--in her words, not knowing the difference between a Republican and a Democrat, a self-described liberal woman, a racial and ethnic minority who grew up in a foreign country--she went from political novice to voting for Trump in 2020. This despite the fact she is not in the Klan, as she clearly says when I asked her just to make sure. She's also not a Nazi -- I double-checked on that, as well. So. She now uses Instagram to post Bible quotes and political and social commentary on the news of the day through Instagram stories. Instagram doesn't like her. It doesn't let her be tagged by other people. Instagram doesn't allow you to hashtag her account name. It shadow-bans her. It has caused her to lose thousands of followers. And this kind of thing has been happening ever since she , well, became a Republican ! Amazing coincidence ! It's almost as if the people who run Instagram are ... Democrats ! The Republican Professor is a pro-Free-Speech, pro-Free-thought, pro-freedom-of-inquiry, pro-civil-non-censored-dialogue-on-social-media podcast. Therefore, welcome, the woman behind The Fatty Truth on Instagram ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

At the time of this recording in Spring of 2022, Professor Paul Franks, Ph.D. was not yet Vice President of Tyndale University in Toronto, Canada, but as you'll see in this episode, he brings an authentic, warm, honest, charitable demeanor to our conversation, sprinkled with a delightful sense of humor. And we needed it for such serious topics as firearms over-regulation and the problem of evil. What I love about this episode is how Paul takes us through, in painstaking detail, the dignity-defying, overly-regulated process of obtaining, owning, and carrying a firearm in Canada (it costs $20,000 to take a pistol outside the home lawfully--not kidding--that's how corrupt the system is), offering lightheartedly as he does that Canadians think that guns have cooties, which is a word that I last heard for girls in elementary school. He talks about it in as much detail as I asked (and I asked a lot), very minimally critiquing, just describing the process by which one has to ask the sovereign for permission to have a firearm . He did his graduate work at the University of Oklahoma (studied Philosophy of Religion for his Ph.D. under the famous philosopher Linda Zagzebski) and is from Oklahoma so this kind of thinking is quite foreign, which makes sense, because Canada is almost like a foreign country. (That's my dry sense of humor). He has wonderful things to say about Canada otherwise, however, and about Tyndale University in Toronto, where he as taught for a long time. Most crucially, Dr. Franks takes us through The Problem of Evil in an area of Philosophy commonly called "Philosophy of Religion." How does God fit in a world with evil ? Atheists think there is no fit, so evil must stay and God must go. (It's an interesting question then, what exactly is the definition of evil , then? Doesn't evil go, as well ?). Paul is the editor of "Explaining Evil: Four Views" published by Bloomsbury Academic Press, available in paperback here: https://www.amazon.com/Explaining-Evil-W-Paul-Franks/dp/1501331124/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Explaining+evil+four+views&qid=1657992816&sr=8-1 Join us as we talk through all these things. Maybe have a notepad ready to take notes. The Republican Professor is a pro-Philosophy-of-Religion, pro-rightly-understanding-the-Problems-of-evil, pro-describing-accurately-the-arduous-dignity-defying-labyrinth-of-firearm-regulation-criminalizing-innocent-conduct, pro-I-need-a-sense-of-humor-to-get-through-this podcast. Welcome Dr. Paul Franks, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

What an incredible honor to spend this precious time with Samra Dresevic of Maverick Lingo, a small business in based in Lost Angeles, California. She speaks to us in her 4th language. And good luck finding any mistakes in her diction, vocabulary, or grammar. She speaks flawless English. Samra grew up Muslim in an idyllic, rural childhood only to experience massive trauma as a 10 year old when her youth was shattered by war. Her family immediately became refugees in Europe, and her life was never the same again. In her words, she lost her childhood. Many, many years later, in her 4th language, she had Professor Mather, the producer and host of The Republican Professor podcast, while a student at Loyola Marymount University in Lost Angeles, California. It was a morning class, Philosophy 160, Philosophy of Human Nature as it was called at the time, that began her friendship with the professor. [LMU has since dispensed with the course for reasons that utterly baffle all intelligent people]. That was 10 years ago as of the recording of this episode. The lines of communication and dialogue have stayed open throughout the years between Samra and the professor. Samra is now a successful small business owner, an entrepreneur, related to language learning in Lost Angeles, California, having become an American. Her company is called Maverick Lingo and you can check out her website here : https://www.mavericklingo.com/ The Republican Professor is a pro-staying-in-touch-with-the-best-students, pro-lines-of-communication-open, pro-entrepreneur, pro-small-business-owner, pro-language-learning, pro-intriguing-life-story podcast. Therefore, welcome dearest Samra Dresevic, one of my very favorite former students ever out of thousands. The Republican Professor podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

It seems like only 47 years ago that Dr. Ciocchi began teaching Logic, but no: It's actually been 48. David Ciocchi has nearly half a century of service to Christ, Culture & kids under his belt. My former boss joins us in this episode of The Republican Professor podcast. Partial disclosure (people say "full disclosure" but then go on only to partially disclose -- *full* disclosure would take a lot of time, wouldn't it?): I was his Logic Teaching Assistant (TA) for multiple semesters while I was in graduate school studying Philosophy for my Masters at Biola University in Lost Angeles County, California. I cut my teeth learning from this master how to teach Logic, something I ended up doing myself for 15 years in Lost Angeles and Ventura Counties (So Cal). His name is Dr. David Ciocchi, Ph.D., and Professor Ciocchi has taught for darn near half a dadgum century Introduction to Logic to blurry eyed students and budding citizens of this great Republic. Dr. Ciocchi is known as a gentle, patient mentor with one of the driest and most pedagogically effective senses of humor known to man. (It's not on full display here because that was not the purpose of the episode--you'd have to talk to his former students). His classes for decades have been Mon Wed Fri (MWF) starting before 8 am. The co-host for this episode, Kurtis, took his course 3 times at that early schedule, each time faring better than the last, and Dr. Ciocchi's consistent gentle, patient demeanor is on full display there as those sensitive details come up. Dr. Ciocchi talks us through what teaching is like, or has been like, including challenges and regrets that he's come to terms with over those 48 years. He's seen a lot of changes in California, not all worth celebrating (to say the least). But he's maintained a faithfulness to the Logic-teaching ministry to Christ and Culture in California by the grace of God, and we are so grateful for God's grace to us, through him, and for spending time with us today on this episode. The Republican Professor is a pro-effectively-teaching-Logic-to-the-younger-generation, pro-decades-of-faithful-service, pro-mentoring-new-professors, pro-deadpan-dry-humor-in-the-morning podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. David Ciocchi, Ph.D., professor of Logic for 48 years at Biola University, Lost Angeles County, California. The Republican Professor podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. This episode was co-hosted by TheRepublicanProfessor.com co-founder and former student of Dr. Ciocchi, Kurtis Olson.

Our guest today is Monique Duson. She grew up in South Central Lost Angeles, California and attended Biola University in Lost Angeles County where she majored in Sociology. She spent years in the social services profession. An Obama voter, and pro-choice on abortion, she was a missionary in South Africa for several years, returning in 2018 during the Trump administration. Monique spends nearly 3 hours with The Republican Professor podcast to talk about her story growing up in LA, about her changing attitudes toward what is sometimes called "Critical Race Theory". But we discuss as well what she calls the alternative CRT conclusions or assumptions which is Biblical in its explanations, directed toward unity in the image of God, as opposed racial unity. Monique, in her words, has grown in wisdom, has come to change some of her views from years past, and seeks to help others in their journey of discovery, growth, and change centered in how the Bible sees us. We talk about what is "the black community," what "representation" is for an individual for a group, how she feels about the US flag, how she feels about America, how she feels about the current Vice President versus how she felt about Senator Obama, and yes, I ask her what she thinks about Trump. We talk about what a "racist" is, what the harm in racism is (many don't seem to have thought carefully about this, nor seem to be prepared to give a clear, accurate answer to the question), about "Black Lives Matter," and whether the unborn black human being should have the same value, inherent worth, and dignity in the eyes of the law as George Floyd. The Center for Biblical Unity is a relatively recently established non-profit devoted to helping shed harmful assumptions or conclusions about race and disparity, and about what real justice is and what it is not. For more information on the Center and how you can support its mission, check out https://www.centerforbiblicalunity.com/ The Republican Professor is a pro-understanding-so-called-Critical-Race-Theory, pro-unity-in-the-imago-dei-not-race, pro-life-including-of-course-black-life, pro-abolition-of-slavery, pro-black-economic-liberty-as-part-of-the-original-Republican-purpose-of-the-Civil-Rights-Act-of-1866-response-to-Democrat-black-codes, pro-grappling-with-the-implications-of-God's-Word, pro-acknowledging-and-correcting-American-problems, pro-real-honest-legit-talk-about-race-and-justice podcast. Therefore, welcome Monique Duson, of South Central LA, Co-Founder of the Center for Biblical Unity ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Dr. Glenn Elmers, Ph.D. has written a definitive biography, based on a wide swath of primary sources (innumerable letters, publications, other writings) of the late great Dr. Harry Jaffa, Ph.D. It's called "The Soul of Politics: Harry V. Jaffa and the Fight for America." Jaffa was a preeminent scholar of the birth of the Republican Party, what that had to do with the US Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and before that classical philosophy, Jerusalem, the end of slavery in America, as well its enduring relevance to the modern disputes over the nature and size of the administrative state, e.g., during the Republican Convention at Cow Palace, San Fransisco in 1964. Love him or hate him, it's impossible to be indifferent to the man and the weighty issues he made the subject of his life's work. Dr. Glenn Elmers has done the careful spade work and shares it gladly on this special July 4th episode of The Republican Professor (2022). Please support your local bookstore. If you must , here is a link to the book on Amazon : https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Politics-Harry-Jaffa-America/dp/164177200X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+soul+of+politics+harry+v.+jaffa&qid=1656706654&sprefix=the+soul+of+poli%2Caps%2C524&sr=8-1 The Republican Professor is a pro-rightly-contemplating-the-nexus-of-Philosophy-and-American-Politics, pro-correctly-articulating-the-nature-of-the -Constitution-given-the-Declaration, pro-ending-slavery, pro-birth-of-the-Republican-Party, pro-man-myth-legend-Harry-v-Jaffa-warts-and-all podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Glenn Ellmers, Ph.D., Harry V. Jaffa biographer ! The Republican Professor podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

One of America's newest citizens, Danka Kissell, a proud gun owner (.357 magnum) who was born and raised under Russian sponsored Communism (Slovakia), comes on TRP podcast to talk a bit about what life was like under Communism in her childhood, how America, or the promise of America's design, is different, what kind of revolver she has now, and more. For instance, she lives in New Jersey, and she says some things she's seen on the East Coast give her PTSD by reminding her of the very real Communism of her youth. The Republican Professor is a pro-new-American-citizen, pro-becoming-a-citizen-the-right-way, pro-taking-the-oath-seriously, pro-learning-the-right-lessons-from-Communism, pro-responsible-gun-ownership podcast. Therefore, welcome Danka Kissell, newly minted United States citizen, having been born in Communism who now owns a .357 magnum (a Smith & Wesson, I found out shortly after the interview). The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

David McCrery works on an oil rig, but for 23 years he did law enforcement in California, including years with SWAT, violent crime suppression unit, child crimes, and homicide crime scene investigator. He's seen things no one should have to see as a normal course of his day. And he's admitted he needs help healing from this, and is getting professional help as well as working toward creating spaces for men to heal. We do discuss gun control, fyi. Good police want people to be empowered to defend themselves effectively. You can reach out to David at dave.mccrery@nationofchampions.org Their Facebook group is Facebook.com/groups/THVChampions He also does gold and silver investing at 7kmetals.com/mccrery The Republican Professor is a pro-manly-man, pro-men-who-are-traumatized-finding-healing, pro-good-law-enforcement, pro-getting-real-about-community, pro-Second-Amendment-and-cops-who-get-the-Second-Amendment podcast. Therefore, welcome David McCrery, 23 year police veteran. The Republican Professor podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

The Maurice & Hilda Friedman Professor of Law at Columbia University (New York City) Law School joins The Republican Professor podcast in this episode to alert us to the newest form of regulatory manipulative control used by the federal Administrative State (it's also at the state and local level), described chillingly yet simply for non-lawyers in his newest book, "Purchasing Submission" (Harvard University Press, 2021). The subtitle of the wonderfully clear book is "Conditions, Power, and Freedom." As the title indicates, the book is about government control by purchased "consent", often using private actors as third-parties. Is it really consent, and therefore, okay ? As Professor Hamburger so aptly explains in this TRP episode, this form of Administrative control is actually quite harmful and therefore, rightly disturbing. Much of this type of regulation by purchase of consent, moreover, is probably unConstitutional. In addition to his teaching duties there in New York City at the Law School of Columbia University (Harlem), Professor Hamburger is the Chief Executive Officer of New Civil Liberties Alliance, an organization that engages in healthy, Constitutional resistance to the harmful effects of what passes as Administrative "Law." Professor Hamburger told me off camera that they are litigating Second Amendment issues as well, for example, with the bump stock rule-making-based ban. (That criminalized innocent conduct overnight under the guise of administrative "law"). And the organization works on much more besides. You can find out more information and support this resistance to insidious governmental manipulation and overreach by visiting their website : https://nclalegal.org/ https://nclalegal.org/philip-hamburger/ The book can be found at your local book dealer. Please support community book stores ! If you must use the major River that will go unnamed, you can find the book here : https://www.amazon.com/Purchasing-Submission-Conditions-Power-Freedom/dp/0674258231/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=purchasing+submission&qid=1656099799&s=books&sprefix=purchasing+s%2Cstripbooks%2C179&sr=1-1 . The Republican Professor is a pro-rightly-understanding-Administrative-"Law", pro-rightly-contemplating-real-Constitutional-law, anti-criminalization-of-innocent-conduct, pro-healthy-resistance-to-the-harmful-effects-of-the-newest-manipulative-schemes-of-the-Administrative-State podcast. Therefore, welcome Philip Hamburger, Maurice & Hilda Friedman Professor of Law at Columbia University (New York City) Law School ! The Republican Professor podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

"I am the biggest proponent of the Second Amendment there is," African American leather-jacket-wearing, Harley riding attorney MavEryck Stevenson told me outside of Neptunes Net in Malibu, California on a beautiful spring day in 2022. Cars were buzzing by on Pacific Coast Highway (PCH). "The Second Amendment is for EVERYBODY," he said. He very discreetly showed me his weapon and his permit after I introduced myself to him as the producer and host of The Republican Professor podcast, and asked him to come on. I'd seen his Second Amendment patch on his leather jacket and asked him about it. A libertarian in political temperament and a Christian by religious heritage, an avid reader, curious about such things as "what is Budapest like this time of year?", MavEryck Stevenson became an attorney later in life. He sports a distinguished whitish gray beard, but looks as young as Richard Gere in An Officer and a Gentleman, except with the darker complexion of the drill sergeant in that film. A gentle, friendly demeanor, Stevenson is a loquacious raconteur. He's also an open book, as you'll see in this episode of The Republican Professor. MavEryck has the distinct honor, or dishonor (I guess we'll see) of being the very first guest on TRP podcast that I just randomly went up to in California and asked onto the podcast (and that based little more than on what he was wearing at the time). And I did that as he stood near his Harley at Neptune's Net in Malibu, California off of PCH across from the beach in April of 2022. MavEryck discusses many things, including his own involvement in the criminal justice system, his being pulled over in California by the police while armed (and black)(how do deal with that for those similarly situated), and advocates that more people apply, get training, and get approved for conceal carry licenses in California. It's far too difficult in some jurisdictions--the issuing agency has too much discriminatory discretion. That legal wiggle room for discriminatory discretion by issuing agencies is far too loose. That regulatory environment needs over-hall to bring it in line with shall issue protections for the natural rights of applicants who want to be trained and ready to defend themselves in public, as is their God-given right. MavEryck does disclose what bikes he has , and what he carries exactly (revolver? semi-auto?), The Law Offices of MavEryck Langford Stevenson, Esq. (https:www.mavlaw911.com) are in Beverly Hills and can be reached at the following phone number: (424) 281-7233 and at the following email address: mavlawforhire@gmail.com . The Republican Professor is a pro-riding-Harleys-while-black-and-armed, pro-Second-Amendment-correctly-conceived-and-applied, pro-civil-liberties-are-for-everybody, pro-good-self-defense-training, pro-self-care-entails-the-possibility-of-self-defense, pro-non-criminalization-of-innocent-conduct podcast.

Join our warm and timely conversation with the author of the wise and compelling book "The Crisis of the Two Constitutions: The Rise, Decline, and Recovery of American Greatness," Dr. Charles Kesler, Ph.D. (A link to that book is available below). Charles is a Harvard man. He studied at Harvard for all his degrees culminating in the Ph.D. in Government, and serves as the Dengler-Dykema Distinguished Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College, which in my humble view is the best member of the Consortium of The Claremont Colleges in Claremont, California. His prior books include Saving the Revolution, a Signet Classic edition of The Federalist Papers with his Introduction, and more recently a book on how to understand President Obama within the context of the different epochs of Progressivism/Liberalism called "I am the Change: Barack Obama and the Crisis of Liberalism." (Links to these books are available below). Dr. Kesler also writes a regular editor's introduction to each issue of The Claremont Review of Books, which comes out four times a year, winter, spring, summer, and fall. Each short essay is beautifully written, often dryly humorous, always insightful and engaging. If you do not yet subscribe to the publication, in my correct view, you're missing out on delightful substance. For instance, one can read online *if necessary*, but the Review comes out in an attractive physical copy delivered by mail peppered with quality artwork, made of sturdy material, salted with the lighthearted depth that keeps one abreast of the times and yet moves one in deeper understanding and appreciation of truths past, present, and future. It has a timeliness and at the same time a timelessness about it. In this TRP episode, Charles tells us what he means by "the two Constitutions": There's "The Founder's Constitution," and by contrast there's now, also "The Progressive's Constitution." They are not the same constitution, and thus must be distinguished. Doing so helps to unpack an explanation for political and cultural phenomena that might otherwise go unnoticed or misunderstood. We more or less follow the outline of the book. Worth the price of the tome by itself, Dr. Kesler offers "What's Wrong With Conservativism." Included are thoughts about Reagan, Bush, and Trump, including an anecdote by your TRP host of sitting in Professor Kesler's class in Spring of 2016 as he predicted, early in the semester, to every undergraduate's astonishment, that Trump would beat Hillary (as well as a rationale). The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-understanding-American-Politics, pro-coming-to-terms-with-what's-wrong-with-Conservativism, pro-more-deeply-appreciating-the-design-of-The-Founder's-Constitution-as-opposed-to-its-"Progressive"-alternative podcast. Therefore, welcome Charles Kesler ! Though the book is available at your local brick and mortar bookstore, here's the Amazon link to Dr. Kelser's book "Crisis of the Two Constitutions": https://www.amazon.com/Crisis-Two-Constitutions-Recovery-Greatness/dp/164177102X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=crisis+of+the+two+constitutions&qid=1655756321&s=books&sprefix=crisis+of+the+two+%2Cstripbooks%2C176&sr=1-1 Here's a link to Kesler's Signet Classic edition of The Federalist Papers, with helpful collated notes with the text of the Constitution: https://www.amazon.com/byAlexander-HamiltonThe-Federalist-Papers-Paperback/dp/B003212Y6W/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=the+federalist+papers+charles+kesler&qid=1655759499&s=books&sprefix=the+federa%2Cstripbooks%2C176&sr=1-4 This is the link to Professor Kesler's important precursor book on President Obama: https://www.amazon.com/Am-Change-Barack-Crisis-Liberalism/dp/006207296X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid&sr And The Claremont Review of Books awaits your subscription for a modest price (compared to what you get) here: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/ The Republican Professor podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Join our warm conversation with missionaries to the incredibly dangerous land of ... California. Abby and Michael Clark are missionaries to California, focusing specifically their efforts on beach culture, and volleyball , and specifically people training to be pro-beach-volleyball players. This involves, interestingly enough as you'll see, simply being a family , married with children, living as best they can according to how they see God's design for marriage and the family (They believe that God created the entire world, every physical thing, from atoms to quasars and gravity, including people and the relationship of marriage, the most conducive to the flourishing of people from the time of conception to death). Turns out, just that alone, being a stable, Godly family, tends to draw a crowd and leads young people to want to be mentored by them. Their trust in the Lord, as they would put it, has led them to the most expensive area in the United States, or one of them (Orange County, California), and they live almost entirely on the support of those who believe in the necessity of their mission and in the Clark's incredibly normatively-normal, yet counter-cultural example (because California is so in need of that--the normatively counter-cultural-normal example they provide). They home school their kids because they don't trust the public schools to do so correctly. They pastor young people. Yet, they also do not forsake attending church themselves. They observe the Sabbath and the commandments to the best of their ability under the guidance and help of the Holy Spirit, and the result has been, it has been and continues to be quite a ride. They have no regrets. (I asked them more than once). If you'd like to support their work in the once great state of California, your tax-deductible gift can be given here : https://meigiving.org/donate/michaelandabby . If you'd like to send a check to them by mail, the address and instructions for the memo line of your check are : "Missions Enablers International” and put CM3717 in the memo line and send it to: MEI | P.O. Box 2127 | Bentonville, AR 72712. They are with Mission Enablers International and have a video they've made for such purposes of support here : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cZcakvUOylO1Bkgp4zK5aQTlgjU0_Dum/view. If you'd like to contact Abby and Michael Clark about their ministry in California for more information, you may send correspondence to : michaelandabbyclark@gmail.com The Republican Professor is a pro-providing-a-normatively-normal-example, pro-living-abundantly-no-matter-how-much-you-have, pro-healthy-family, pro-beach-ministry, pro-living-by-faith-in-the-living-God podcast. Therefore, welcome Abby and Michael Clark, missionaries to the state of California. The Republican Professor podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Join our warm conversation with combat veteran Dr. Lance Robinson, Ph.D., retired Lt. Col. (USAF) combat aviator and former Professor of Government at the US Air Force Academy, author of "Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft: The Constitutional Foundations of the Modern Presidency" in Joseph M. Bessette and Jeffrey K. Tulis, eds., The Constitutional Presidency (Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009), pp. 76-95. Lance opens up about his long and distinguished career in the United States Air Force, including flying combat missions over Iraq. He earned a Masters and Ph.D. degree while active duty and taught American Government at the United States Air Force Academy. The Republican Professor is a pro-military-service, pro-getting-degrees-while-active-duty, pro-understanding-the-so-called-Progressive-movement-rightly, pro-accurately-grasping-the-Constitutional-presidency podcast. Therefore, Welcome, Dr. Lance Robinson, Ph.D., retired Lt. Col. and professor for the United States Air Force. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Chris Wolfe is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. We discuss our experience as Adjunct Professors and ways to combat grade inflation, among other topics in Higher Education. The Republican Professor is a pro-doing-Higher-Education-right, anti-grade-inflation, pro-not-coddling-lazy-student-entitlement podcast. Welcome, Dr. Chris Wolfe, Ph.D. ! The Republican Professor Podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Join our warm conversation with the (pro-bono) president of the 140-year old historic California Rifle and Pistol Association (he does not take a salary for the position), Chuck Michel. Chuck is a very successful Civil Rights attorney in Lost Angeles County who prevailed at the 9th Circuit in the initial 3 judge panel, a panel that issued an opinion that is FAMOUS in California for being persuasively argued, masterfully written opinion of the Court by Judge O'SCANNLAIN in Peruta v. County of San Diego in 2014 (a Right to Bear Arms case, conceal carry). That opinion was predictably reversed en banc only by ignoring the merits of the 3 judge panel opinion of the Court. Here's a link to that decision and you can read it for yourself to see: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=16699306652731612622&q=peruta+v+county+of+san+diego+&hl=en&as_sdt=2003 Chuck is probably nationally famous as the California "Freedom Week" attorney, which, if you don't know, within the span of a few days in 2019, brought 1,000,000 standard capacity magazines into California. Michel was the prevailing attorney in that nationally famous California "Freedom Week" District Court victory in 2019, where the Court issued a wonderfully persuasive, masterfully argued Finding of Fact and Opinion of the Court Duncan v. Becerra (366 F. Supp. 3d 1131 - Dist. Court, SD California 2019). At issue there was the unConstitutionality of California's arbitrary and capricious 10-round magazine limitation. In this episode, Chuck reads the tea leaves, so to speak on the upcoming Right to Bear Arms (RTBA) case at the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS)(expected any day now) and what the California Attorney General will probably advise the recalcitrant jurisdictions to do in order to obstruct the implementation of the likely ruling. We all want to pay very careful attention, here. One can support the California Rifle and Pistol Association tax-deductible educational foundation by making your book purchases through AmazonSmile, indicating you'd like to pick Jeff Bazos' pocket by designating a charity to support. It doe not raise the price one pays for the book. Books referenced in this episode are "Gun Truths: How Gun Laws Fail", as was Chuck's book, "California Gun Laws: A Guide to State and Federal Firearms Regulation" 2022 9th Edition. Last, for an insider's perspective on how surviving a mass murder in San Fransisco changed one attorney's perspective on self-defense, see "Coming to Terms: A Mass Shooting Survivor's Reckoning with Vulnerability and Self-Defense" with Forward written by Chuck. For more information about California Rifle and Pistol Association, check out : https://crpa.org/ For information on Chuck's boutique Long Beach law firm, check out : https://michellawyers.com/ For links to the major California-based, very persuasively written, masterfully argued, and influentially received Second Amendment opinions rendered by federal judges and mentioned above, check out : Peruta v. County of San Diego (2014) (persuasive 3-judge panel Opinion of the Court) : 742 F. 3d 1144 - Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit 2014. And the persuasive, beautifully written, masterfully argued nationally famous "Freedom Week" Federal District Court opinion that brought in about 1,000,000 standard capacity magazines in less than a week to California, Duncan v. Becerra, 366 F. Supp. 3d 1131 - Dist. Court, SD California 2019. The 3-judge panel opinion reviewing that trial court opinion at the 9th Circuit is also well-worth reading (Duncan v. Becerra, 970 F. 3d 1133 - Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit 2020), all available on Google Scholar. The Republican Professor is a pro-self-defense, pro-shooting-sports, anti-criminalization-of-innocent-conduct, pro-Constitutional-law-rightly-understood, pro-natural-rights-protected-by-positive-law, pro-education, pro-gun-safety-public-safety podcast. Therefore, welcome Chuck Michel The Republican Professor is hosted and produced by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Join our warm and insightful conversation with spiritual abuse expert and author Dale Fincher. Some prefer to stay in the shallow end of the pool, but not Fincher. Today, Dale gently leads us confidently to wade into the deeper spiritual and emotional waters of healthy Second Amendment activism. Dale makes insightful connections to the reality and pervasiveness of spiritual abuse in the Gun Control/Gun "Safety" world. The current Second Amendment debate might take a second to absorb what Fincher says here. Spiritual abuse involves a manipulative, shame-based, gaslighting distortion of ourselves and of who God is under the guise of religious or moral authority. Dale Fincher is an expert in Spiritual Abuse identification and recovery. A survivor of spiritual abuse himself, after his graduate Seminary training in Philosophy he founded and served as president for many years a soul-care non-profit dedicated to helping victims of spiritual abuse find healing and spiritual recovery. Fincher is author of the delightful book "Living With Questions" (available on the Nile or Mississippi or your local book dealer, for instance, here : https://www.amazon.com/Living-Questions-invert-Dale-Fincher/dp/0310276640 ) and makes his home in a two-century-old home in New England. He runs the Instagram and Twitter accounts @Voiceofthe2nd that aims to link many of the insights from spiritual abuse recovery to the cultural and political moment that we face today. Fincher aims in his work to foster a genuinely reflective, spiritually authentic, emotionally healthy, robust and resilient Second Amendment activism. For more information, check out his website https://www.dalefincher.com The Republican Professor is a pro-Spiritual-Health, pro-emotional health, pro-robust-and-reslient-Second-Amendment-activism, pro-genuinely-reflective, pro-spiritually-authentic podcast. Therefore, welcome back Dale Fincher, @Voiceofthe2nd (on Instagram and Twitter) The Republican Professor podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Join our warm and timely conversation with the prevailing attorney in the seminal U. S. Supreme Court gun control decision Printz v. United States, 521 US 898 (1997) and the author of the book we discuss today, "Gun Control and the Third Reich" (2013). Why do Socialists like Gun Control ? Why did the National Socialists (Nazis) like Gun Control? How did they use "public safety" reasoning to implement it? What was the result of that process ? How well-documented is this ? Today is an interview with the prevailing attorney in the seminal United States Supreme Court gun control decision, Printz v. United States in 1997, Dr. Stephen Halbrook, Ph.D., J.D.. Halbrook in unique among successful attorneys in that he approaches his Second Amendment work from a scholarly perspective, not merely an adversarial, litigious one. Dr. Halbrook has a Ph.D. in philosophy from Florida State University as well as his law degree from Georgetown, and is the author of a number of serious books. The book we discuss in this episode is "Gun Control and the Third Reich," a particularly sobering view of the key role that gun control played in National Socialism of the Nazis rise and maintenance of power in Europe, with disastrous consequences for the innocent parties targeted by the government by the criminal law for reasons of "public safety." The book is based on primary sources in German, and is richly footnoted. The book is a careful study in the well-documented danger that government can pose to individual liberty in the name of "public safety," with great cost to innocent people's liberty, their dignity, their property and ultimately innocent human life itself. You can purchase the book at your local bookseller (please support your local brick and mortar bookstores), or from the Oakland, California-based think tank that published it, Independent Institute, here : https://www.independent.org/guncontrol/ This episode was guest co-hosted by Mr. Tobin Hobbs, J.D., fellow Founding Board Member of Orange County Gun Owners (with Lucas Mather) in Orange County, California. The Republican Professor is a pro-study-of-History, pro-natural-right-to-self-defense, pro-self-care, pro-self-care-entails-self-defense, pro-limited-government, pro-individual-liberty, pro-respecting-people-not-abusing-them, pro-Second-Amendment, pro-true-public-safety podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Stephen P. Halbrook, Ph.D., J.D.! The Republican Professor podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Join our warm conversation with Impact 360's Dr. John Basie, Ph.D. He's been in teaching and Higher Education Administration for going on 2 decades. Dr. Basie did his Ph.D. degree in Religion, Politics, and Society at the Baylor University Institute for Church-State Studies, the premier place in the world to study First Amendment religion, culture, and government issues at that time. He now directs Impact 360 Institute, in Pine Mountain, Georgia, affiliated with Union University in Jackson, Tennessee for undergraduate work. For graduate work, their work is partnered with North Greenville University (South Carolina). Both are COC SAC (regionally) (legit) accredited. It's a program that has been rightly influenced by the deep and wonderful life-work of the late great scholar of Christian Philosophy and Spiritual Formation, Dr. Dallas Willard, Ph.D., who taught our mentors at the University of Southern California for many decades, and did it right and was a model for doing it right for our professors and mentors. Major funding for the founding of the Institute came from the Chik-Fil-A family. You can check out the program at https://www.impact360institute.org/ The Republican Professor is a pro-Chik-Fil-A, pro-Higher-Education-done-right, pro-do-something-a-little-differently-in-order-to-do-it-right, pro-conscientiously-taking-the-student-soul-seriously, pro-education-infuenced-by-Dallas-Willard podcast . Welcome, Dr. John Basie, Ph.D. !

Join our warm conversation with retired Santa Barbara City College Professor of Logic and actor friend of Charleton Heston, the endlessly fascinating Dr. Mark McIntire. He takes us on a wild journey through his background in New England, embracing the Catholic Church, learning Latin in high-school from nuns, his uncanny impression of John F. Kennedy, Jr (seriously, the very best I've ever seen), studying Philosophy and Law at very old universities in Rome (one of his professors was Joseph Ratzinger), then leaving the Catholic Church, getting Ed Asner fired from the Screen Actors Guild in California, his friendship with movie titan and civil liberties activist Charleton Heston, his long teaching career ending in retirement from Santa Barbara City College, where he fought the corrupt grade-inflating swamp administrators and Socialist/Communist grade-inflating faculty who tried to get him fired for not being a Socialist. Now Mark, in retirement, still gives back to his community through online education for homeschoolers, for adult learners looking to get what they never got, or to shore up what they once had. He runs a website designed for helping people think critically based on his several decades of college teaching experience in that exact area. Listen to him doing an incredible performance as JFK, Jr decades ago : https://vimeo.com/88400045?fbclid=IwAR2bNRcUbDmDSP36ukRzv2_pKSp1n6NAshTRJfPsdKSGTRkeGIZlW-a90-g The Republican Professor is a pro-Critical-Thinking, pro-Learning-Latin-and-Logic, pro-Charleton-Heston, pro-scary-good-impressions-of-famous-people, pro-standing-up-to-swamp-administrators, pro-standing-up-to-the-Corrupt-Communists, pro-true-higher-education podcast . Here is a news story about Dr. McIntire : https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/10/19/how-a-professor-who-lost-his-job-for-being-conservative-fought-back-and-won/?fbclid=IwAR1d2RPIJhOXzXbEPDw1iRnT9C8Mim9CuGPu3eU4AVGRsfh9GXcnMvBFlsk Welcome, Dr. Mark McIntire ! The Republican Professor podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

The Daily Wire produced a film about a proper response to school murder, and our next guest on TRP podcast is someone who's worked on Daily Wire film sets. She was the assistant to the Director for the last film they did with Gina Carano and she and others with Daily Wire have YEARS of experience in TV and Film in Lost Angeles on hit shows and films. What's it like being a conservative in that environment ? How's a Daily Wire film set any different ? You will find out on this next episode of The Republican Professor. Meet the artistic film industry veteran Molly Morey ! Subscribe for more good stuff to come. The Republican Professor is a pro-free-speech, pro-having-integrity-in-the-work-place, pro-healthy-creative-artistic-expression, pro-respecting-other-people's-rights podcast. Welcome, Molly Morey ! The Republican Professor podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. All Rights Reserved

Join our warm conversation with the Associate Dean of the Bellarmine College of Conservative oops I mean College of Liberal Arts, Dr. Brad Elliott Stone, Ph.D, on the shift he made from full tenured Professor to Administration, why he made the shift (is it really more money ?) on the goal of reducing unproductive, expensive Administrative Bloat, and how his backstory growing up on a farm in rural, small town Kentucky shaped him as a person, a professor and as an administrator. Brad shares with us what helps keep him sane (he has a piano in his office, and can play), how he developed a love of books and a respect for languages early on in life (and how that helped him while living and studying in Europe), whether they had guns in Kentucky (I had to ask) and what for and what rural life was like for him there, including the special role his brother played as his childhood companion, and more besides ! These intriguing and delightful snapshots into Dr. Stone are integrated into a compelling whole picture of how he uniquely approaches life as a professor-turned-Administrator. For instance, what if anything can the faculty do to save the Academy from being reduced to the Higher Educational Industrial Complex (as it were) ? Can anything be done as an Administrator/Educator to make the Academy more healthy , more true to its high calling? Bellarmine College of Conservative Arts is at my (Dr. Mather's) alma mater, Loyola Marymount University in Lost Angeles, California, where I myself taught for over a decade as well. The Republican Professor is a pro-saving the Academy, pro-reducing-Administrative-Bloat, pro-healthy-rural-childhood-memories, pro-love-of-books-and-languages, pro-creating-healthy-campuses-for-the-life-of-the-mind podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Brad Elliott Stone, Ph.D., Associate Dean of the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, full tenured Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. The Republican Professor podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Join our warm conversation with our distinguished guest, the Salvatori Professor of American Constitutionalism at Claremont McKenna College, part of The Claremont Colleges Consortium, Dr. Ralph Rossum, Ph.D. Professor Rossum taught the American Founding with the late Antonin Scalia, and has a best-selling two-volume Constitutional Law textbook called American Constitutional Law (with Alan Tarr) which is in its at least 11th Edition as of this recording. We discuss his powerful book "Federalism, the Supreme Court, and the Seventeenth Amendment: The Irony of Constitutional Democracy" which is available at your local book dealer. Dr. Rossum also takes some time to recount a few charming anecdotes of Antonin Scalia and of his supervisor at the University of Chicago, the late scholar of the American Founding (especially the Anti-Federalists), Dr. Herbert J. Storing, Ph.D. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-understanding-the-American-Founding, pro-correctly-contemplating-American-Constitutional-Law, pro-charming-anecdotes-of-great-scholars-and-Justices-of-the-Supreme-Court podcast. Therefore, welcome Ralph Rossum. The Republican Professor podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Join our warm conversation with USMC infantry (Iraq) veteran Matthew Kirby, who brings his Seminary training to bear on today's discussion which is Christians and Gun Control. We take a look at "God, Guns, and America" written by Dr. Mike Austin who graduated from the same Seminary that Matt and I did. But Austin's conclusions are drastically at odds with our own, and we discuss how that could be, and is, so. The basic difference is: some Christians have no compunction criminalizing innocent conduct like genuine self-defense, or like being prepared for effective self-defense in public and in private. The Republican Professor is a pro-Second-Amendment, pro-not-criminalizing-innocent-conduct podcast. Welcome, Matthew Kirby !

Join our warm conversation with Jennye Biggelow , newly elected Executive Vice President of the California Republican Assembly. Ronald Reagan called the California Republican Assembly the conscience of the Republican Party in California. We talk local politics--Jennye spearheaded founding the Costa Mesa Republican Assembly chapter in her backyard there in Orange County. The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-involved-in-local-politics, pro-grass-roots-politics, pro-understanding-your-community-needs, pro-California-Republican-Assembly podcast. Therefore, welcome Jennye Bigelow, Vice President, California Republican Assembly. The Republican Professor podcast is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Copyright Lucas J. Mather, 2022 All Rights Reserved The Republican Professor Podcast https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ Youtube channel: The Republican Professor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

She's a Home-Based Education advocate and mom going up against a Bernie-supporter endorsed by Trump. She's got her work cut out for her but isn't backing down an inch. Meet the lovingly fierce Heidi St. John, candidate for US Congress in Washington state. For more information about her and to check out her wildly popular podcast with over a million downloads a month, check out http://heidistjohn.com/blog/podcasts The Republican Professor is a pro-true-education, pro-Home-based-education-done-right, pro-don't-back-down, pro-lovingly-fierce-candidate podcast. Welcome, Heidi St. John !

Join our warm conversation with long-time Business & Marketing professor Dr. Tom Buckles, Ph.D., as we discuss the educational enterprise as illuminated in his distinguished teacher career. The Republican Professor is a pro-business, pro-entrepreneur, pro-learning-from-long-experience, pro-education-done-right podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Tom Buckles, Ph.D. !

Join our warm conversation with enthusiastic, incredibly well-informed home-schooling advocate and mother, Jessica Wilkinson. Jessica brings a passionate clear-mindedness to the issue of home-based education like few others. The Republican Professor is a pro-true-education, pro-home-based-education-done-right, pro-children-flourishing, pro-parental-involvement podcast. Therefore, welcome Jessica Wilkinson !

Join our warm, in-depth discussion of CAPT William Palmer, USN's United States Navy career from the time he enlisted and was sent to an elite Army base to learn Chinese Mandarin to being promoted three decades later to full-bird Navy captain (equivalent to Army colonel), one below one-star rear admiral . Learn how he was awarded the Bronze Star in Iraq, and where our paths crossed so many years ago. The Republican Professor is a pro-Navy, pro-Chinese-linguist, pro-serving-the-true-meaning-of-America podcast. Welcome William Palmer, United States Navy !

Join our warm conversation with a rising Social Media legend who brings us the latest News soaked in prayer, baptized in the River Jordan, Lance Wallnau, Sr. He's got a million people following him on social media, up over 1900% in the last 7 years. He's famous for taking a simple iPhone and going Live on Facebook, holding it with his arm extended, for 40 + minutes, with the equivalent of a packed out Super Bowl stadium tuning in at some point during the broadcast. Each broadcast is archived for later viewing. Lance is a businessman, a man of the marketplace, a teacher, an author, with the heart of a minister of the Lord who in his free time helps his wife with a Christian ministry to single mothers in need of physical necessities. Lance Sr works hard to get the news right, to get what needs to be gotten out to his viewers, to correct for "mainstream" lamestream error, bias, or omission, adding insightful, hopeful, optimistic commentary from a Spiritual point of view. The Republican Professor is a pro-getting-the-News-right, pro-correcting-for-lamestream-media-bias-or-omission-or-error, pro-helping-single-mothers-in-great-need podcast. Therefore, welcome Lance Wallnau, Sr !

Teaching 2nd Amendment Constitutional Law at the shooting range is an obvious compliment to firearms training and safety, according to America's Constitutional Coach Rick Green. Join our warm conversation with America's Constitution Coach, Founder of Patriot Academy Rick Green, who also is a former Texas state legislator and radio host on Wall Builders Live. He also teaches Constitutional Law at the Front Sight Firearms Training Facility in Nevada, the NRA Whittington Center in New Mexico (among other places). For more information, check out https://www.patriotacademy.com/ The Republican Professor is a pro-Constitution, pro-understanding-the-founding, anti-slavery, pro-Second-Amendment podcast. Therefore, welcome Rick Green !

Join our warm conversation with Santa Monica College History professor Dr. David Byrne, Ph.D., author of "Ronald Reagan: An Intellectual Biography" published by the University of Nebraska Press. It's available from the Missippippi here : https://www.amazon.com/Ronald-Reagan-Intellectual-David-Byrne/dp/1640120033/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=reagan%27s+intellectual+history&qid=1650397940&sr=8-1 The Republican Professor is a pro-Ronald-Reagan, pro-intellectual-history, pro-understanding-the-presidency podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. David Byrne !

Should we call God Mother ? Should we fear God ? Is hell real ? Are the books in the Bible the right books? How do we know ? What are the essentials of Christian faith ? Did the resurrection of Jesus really happen ? Is spanking kids inappropriate ? Dr. Cara Aspesi (M.A., Ph.D. from Notre Dame in early church history, liturgy & theology) joins us today for our special TRP Easter Episode 2022. The Republican Professor is a pro-understanding-church-history, pro-understanding-the-Bible, pro-naming-and-celebrating-Easter podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Cara Aspesi, Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame!

It's Easter weekend this weekend ! Happy Good Friday 2022, TRPers ! 2022 years after what ? After Jesus. Today we have Dr. Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D. to talk to us about the 2nd Edition of his monumental book, Christian Apologetics, 800+ pages comprehensively defending the the claim that one can know Christian truth claims about reality, claims such as, for example, that Jesus was killed, that he rose again, and atoned for the sins of any who would place their trust in him. Here we have a bit of the human story behind the book, including the suffering the author has experienced in his own life. The Republican Professor is a pro-Good-Friday, pro-understanding-and-appreciating-and-naming-Easter podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D. !

President of National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI) Dr. Brian Ray, Ph.D. sat down with us to describe his research on Home-Based Education as an alternative and competitor to public schools. You can find out more by checking out : https://www.nheri.org/ The Republican Professor is a pro-real-education podcast. Welcome, Dr. Brian Ray !

There is no one in Southern California quite like California fishing and hunting expert Wendy Tochihara. This delightful daughter of World War 2 Japanese Internment Camp parents calls Huntington Beach, California her home, where she raises chickens, her own vegetables, and has five freezers full of meat from various hunting expeditions around California (and sometimes beyond). And she's not afraid to wear her MAGA hat, either. Nor is her mom. She's pro-Second Amendment, pro-sustainable fishing & hunting, passionate about the outdoors and about how California once was and could be again if the politics reversed course. (Although the Second Amendment is about self-defense and protection of innocent human life, not about hunting and fishing). The Republican Professor is a pro-Second-Amendment, pro-hunting-&-fishing, pro-optimistic-MAGA-hat-wearing-former-Japanese-Internment-Camp-Prisoners's-daughter podcast. By the way--it was the Democrats who issued that military Japanese-US-citizen exclusion order during World War 2, you know that, right ? She does. Therefore, welcome Wendy Tochihara !

Join our warm conversation with local, vintage bestselling author Cliff Shiepe, author of the novel, "Cliff Falls." Self-published over a decade ago, it's touched many lives in many different contexts. We talk about LA, his writing process, and true spirituality. Ultimately, we are all looking for True Belonging, True Acceptance. These ultimate issues are what his book is really about. He's coming out with a second novel next year. But he doesn't give any hints as to what it might be about , so you'll just have to keep checking Vromans in Pasadena or your local bookshop to satisfy your curiosity. If you prefer to shop online because the last two years of public health panic has devestated small businesses, including bookstores selling books, you can find the book on the Nile, the Ganges, or any other huge river from which one can buy books, e.g. :https://www.amazon.com/Cliff-Falls-C-B-Shiepe/dp/0982702027/ref=sr_1_1?crid=123SEGIYJZ5DY&keywords=cliff+falls+shiepe&qid=1649372022&sprefix=cliff+falls+shiep%2Caps%2C336&sr=8-1 The Republican Professor is a pro-creative-writing, pro-self-publishing, pro-True-Spirituality podcast. Therefore, welcome Cliff Shiepe !

Logicians are trained to pay close attention to the definitions of terms. For instance, in Patrick J. Hurley's Concise Introduction to Logic, chapter 2 is entirely about definitions. Definitions are a big deal. (Logic is a field of the discipline called Philosophy. Definitions are very important for the other fields, too). In law (I have a Masters in Philosophy, a Ph.D. in Public Law & American Politics, taught both Con Law and Logic), philosophy's love for definitions helps. Here is a conversation about what the word "woman" means. We could have picked other terms. Unlike all of the other words here on this description, some people think we need to redefine the term for political and/or moral reasons.The best correct definitions are those that provide necessary and sufficient conditions (in non-stipulative contexts). (A "stipulation" is just an agreement, like on a contract, or statute, of what a word means in a technical, limited sense). New gender terms that aren't merely stipulative suffer from a basic deficiency: they have trouble on their own terms respecting their own goals of inclusion and diversity rooted in self-identification . This is a pretty basic problem. And a lot of people can easily see it for exactly what it is. 

 Let’s call this revisionist view the Self ID view. This new attempted definition of an old word, says Logic Professor Dr. Tomas Bogardus, Ph.D., gives neither necessary nor sufficient conditions for being a real woman. And no matter how you feel about social justice or moral requirements, this is a persistent problem for the revisionist Self ID view of what a woman really is. 

It does no good to try to manipulate people out of seeing this problem for what it is using shame techniques that are themselves as old as time. People can think for themselves. People can see the manipulation for what it is, and false shaming is no true key to a correct definition of any term. This new movement to incorporate Self-ID into the cutting edge definition of the term “woman” inevitably doesn't satisfy necessary and sufficient conditions. The classical definition for woman in classic, standard hard-copy dictionaries says a real woman is an adult, human female. Let's call that the Classical View. English is very old. That old definition does give a plausible, internally consistent set of both necessary and sufficient conditions for what all and only women are, but is considered defective by recent revisionists for alleged reasons of ethical failure. 

 We're in a real pickle if the classical definition meets the philosophical requirement for a good definition, but we are morally prohibited (we are told) from continuing to adopt it. 

Doesn't morality require us to be sensitive to truth in definitions? 

Or does morality require us to change definitions, even if they don't provide truthful cognitive connection with the meaning of the term ?

Because the new, cutting edged proposals for revising what the term “woman” means fails a standard test of the best, correct definitions, doesn’t it suffer from a fatal flaw? That flaw would be: the Self-ID revisionist view doesn’t tell us what the word really means. It doesn’t pick out all and only women in an internally, logically consistent way. 

 Revisionist gender theorists are working to avoid the classical definition, but at what philosophical cost? 

How do we know these new, alleged demands of social justice really are binding on our old definitions in the way asserted ? Dr. Tomas Bogardus, Ph.D., who teaches Logic along with other courses in Philosophy at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, takes us through his careful writing on this topic, including a history of the debate of these matters. You can view his scholarly papers on his website here : https://sites.google.com/site/tbogardus/

 The Republican Professor is a pro-understanding-reality, pro-getting-correct-and-accurate-definitions-of-terms podcast. 

Therefore, welcome Tomas Bogardus !

Join our warm conversation with local school board official from rural Ohio Karen Slabaugh Humprhies. Just before she ran for School Board, she'd been in the classrooms of the district as the lowest paid employee, a substitute Teacher's Aid. She got an up-close look at what the district was really facing, including in the Special Education classrooms. Karen had a decade of experience prior to that as a local reporter covering the beat of the Board meetings and other issues in local politics and culture. These first-hand experience fit like a glove with the vocational call she sensed coming from the Lord: Run, and you'll win. She went from a substitute Teacher's Aid to running for School Board and winning, all with just a high school diploma. Well, not just a high school diploma. She may have had a little help from on high. The Republican Professor is a pro-local-school-board, pro-parents-getting-involved, pro-true-education podcast. Therefore, welcome Karen Slabaugh Humphries !

Join us as we talk about boundaries in emotionally healthy relationships with our special guest today, the man behind @Voiceofthe2nd on Instagram, philosopher and writer Dale Fincher. Fincher joins us from his 200 year old home in New Hampshire to journey into some of the deeper aspects of Second Amendment activism and advocacy. He uses Instagram to prompt longer form thoughts on reality, using the medium to post quotes that call out for more careful analysis. Dale has experienced emotional abuse himself, as well as the kind of organizational disfunction that so often causes or accompanies it. That background, plus his graduate training in logic and philosophy, has prepared him well to the work of healthy integration of our need for a coherent life in boundary-respecting relationship with others. Part of our relationships is the relationship we have with the government. A government that does not respect the boundaries of your private space to protect yourself from harm is a dysfunctional, harmful, boundary-crossing, abusive relationship. The Republican Professor is a pro-emotionally healthy, pro-spiritually-healthy, pro-healthy-boundary-relationships, and pro-Second-Amendment podcast. Therefore, welcome @Voiceofthe2nd on Instagram's Dale Fincher !

Join our conversation today with Jeffrey Tucker of Acton Institute, formerly of the von Mises Institute, founder of The Brownstone Institute, and author of "Liberty or Lockdown" with forward by George Gilder, available at your local bookstore, meaning Amazon, since the lock-down killed a huge percentage of small businesses, but it's available here : https://www.amazon.com/Liberty-Lockdown-Jeffrey-Tucker/dp/1630692123/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= We discuss the pandemic, how the response was alarming and totally at odds with traditional public health measures, economic liberty, limited government. Eventually, we discuss Bitcoin from a very simple basic starting point. You can read a selection of Tucker's work on Bitcoin here : https://www.aier.org/article/why-does-bitcoin-have-value/ You can read a selection of Tucker's work on the recent public health panic here : https://brownstone.org/articles/the-inflation-disaster-is-collateral-damage-from-lockdowns/ The Republican Professor is a pro-liberty, anti-lockdown-for-no-good-reason, pro-deliberative-democracy, pro-Constitutional-republic, pro-traditional-public-health-that-respects-natural-rights podcast. Therefore, welcome Jeffrey Tucker !

Join our conversation with Dr. Michael Rectenwald, Ph.D., former full Professor at NYU. Dr. Rectenwald authored last December's (2021) Imprimis piece called "The Great Reset" published by Hillsdale College. Michael takes us through what it was like teaching at NYU (which is in New York). He was there for over a decade. But the wokeness and PC stuff began , slowly, to make him feel like he was under the thumb of a totalitarian culture crushing free thought. He began to realize it took more and more courage just to believe his own beliefs instead of the beliefs that he was supposed to believe. This came to a head in 2016, the Fall. That semester, he was punished for his beliefs, for his commitment to academic excellence, which requires Free Speech. He was removed, without adequate cause, from the classroom 4 weeks into the semester. This mistreatment at the hands of the woke Leftists who run the campus spurred a conversion in every way. In his words: "Let me just say this," he said, describing that crazy semester, "in September I was a Marxist. By November, I voted for Trump." Part of the fuller story of his conversion was spiritual and philosophical (metaphysical). He went from being a metaphysical materialist (as Marxists are), or rather, functionally or methodologically one, to be more precise--he described himself as an agnostic--to a Christian believer. Part of this journey involved the healing of his son's stage 4 cancer. This stuff we would have liked to get into more but it occurred at the very end, and we weren't able to follow this in any more detail due to time constraints. We discuss grade inflation, his time at the Naropa Institute in Boulder under Allen Ginsberg (yes, the Allen Ginsberg) (I asked if they were a bunch of Republicans. He said, uh, no). (Shocker). We discuss his graduate training and what conspiracy theories are , and whether a conspiracy theory involving human actors can adequately explain the concentration and character, the phenomenology of totalitarian forces that seem to be the data calling out for explanation. The Republican Professor is a pro-understanding-conspiracy-theories , pro-conversion-from-Marxism, pro-Free-Speech and pro-academic-excellence, pro-understanding-what-is-the-great-reset? podcast. Therefore, welcome Michael Rectenwald !

Join our conversation with the University of California at Berkeley's Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law John Yoo, author of the very carefully argued "Defender in Chief: President Trump's Fight for Presidential Power." John has been teaching Law at Berkeley for nearly 30 years ! Could President Trump legitimately have fired Mueller ? Our guest today says, yes. What about other issues related to presidential power ? Was the 45th president's vigorous (perhaps pre-theoretical or unconscious) defense of presidential power legitimate from the point of view of Article II of the U.S. Constitution? John Yoo says, to a large extent, yes. John did not vote for Trump initially, but he nevertheless defends the "unitary executive" theory of the US Constitution, which simply says that the best explanation of the data of the text and history of the Constitution's creation of the presidency is that there is one, and should only be one person in charge of the executive branch. The Executive Branch was not designed to be run by bureaucrats who are unaccountable to the people in elections. It does not matter if those bureaucrats are "experts." Democratically unaccountable expertise is still democratically unaccountable. Article II's first sentence is as follows : "The executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States." The executive power is not defined or "herein granted", as the text of Article I does with the legislative power. It is vested in one person, elected by the whole nation, the president. That person alone is accountable to the American people in elections for the actions of the Executive Branch of the US government. And therefore, that one person should have control of the branch. That's the original, wise design. So what Professor Yoo does here is take that as a good starting point for reflecting upon Trump's defense of presidential power and his official actions as president (not necessarily his use of Twitter). Grounded in a careful reading of Article II and the original design of the Presidency, as well as its history and tradition, John reflects on contemporary events related to presidential power. Such topics include law enforcement, immigration & the wall, war-fighting and the conduct of war, Trump's approach to executive branch agency rule-making, his demand for the loyalty of the Executive Branch administrative state (the bureaucracy, what some call 'the Deep State"). Yoo also has chapters on the Electoral College and Trump's prerogative to shape the federal judiciary. For John, and the proper Constitutional check on the presidency is Congress and public opinion, not the Executive Branch turned on itself. It's not surprising that those are the levers that went into action--that's the proper design of the US Constitution. So could Trump have fired Mueller ? Yes, because Mueller was in the Executive Branch, performing executive functions, but only the President has a duty to "Take Care that the Laws be Faithfully Executed." There is no rival, junior varsity chief law enforcement officer of the United States. John gives us a glance as to what it's like teaching in Berkeley, what it's like to live there, whether and to what extent there is grade inflation there and at the Harvard he attended before. And how ought we understand some issues related to January 6th of last year ? Join our warm conversation here. Professor Yoo's book is available for purchase on the Nile, the Ganges, the Mississippi, or whatever other great river from which one can purchase books, e.g., here : https://www.amazon.com/Defender-Chief-Donald-Trumps-Constitution/dp/1250269571/ref=sr_1_1?crid=28CNPDQK32LUZ&keywords=john+yoo&qid=1647988347&sprefix=john+yoo%2Caps%2C141&sr=8-1 Be sure to subscribe to our Youtube channel for more episodes in the future. The Republican Professor is a pro-Article-II, pro-correctly-understanding-Presidential-power podcast . Therefore, welcome John Yoo !

Join our conversation with University of Toronto trained (Philosophy of Science and Technology) Peter Kupisz, a dual Czech and Canadian citizen who lives in the former Union of Soviet Social Republics, a country called Georgia (not the US state) near Ukraine. Georgia is on the southeast coast of the Black Sea, whereas Ukraine is the north coast of the Black Sea, fyi. Peter, like 007, is a secret agent against international atheism.He talks about graduate philosophy training in the United States and in Canada (University of Toronto), and together we talk about his ministry, cross cultural observations, stories from Japan and Indonesia, where he was one of the first Canadians to get COVID in the hospital in Jakarta. We have a wide-ranging discussion which ends in wondering whether evil is evidence against God's existence or whether it's actually evidence *for* the existence of God, and to what extent one can do effective apologetics with Tik Tok. Peter runs a new podcast called LIT. You can support that effort by visiting Peter's homepage at https://www.worldviewsummit.org/ It focuses on generating very interesting short episodes designed to get folks to think about truth in spiritual things. The Republican Professor is a pro-international-man-of-spiritual-things-mystery-007 podcast and a pro-apologetics podcast. Therefore, welcome Peter Kupisz ! Don't forget to subscribe to our Youtube channel "The Republican Professor." You can watch the Youtube version here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CUKPFBrFi0

Dr. Sanjay Merchant joins us from Chicago today. His expertise is the logic and historical, theological data for the Trinity. Ever thought that the Trinity was puzzling or incoherent? How does it stack up with rival conceptions of God, for instance, from Islam and Judaism? Dr. Sanjay Merchant, Ph.D., suggests the oldest monotheistic tradition, which he calls Biblical Christianity, is Trinitarian in its theology. That is to say: there is only one God, who is maximally great, and part of maximal greatness is being in loving relationship, not contingently or merely temporally, but eternally, and this analytic point supports the Biblical data underlying the Trinity. This conversation is not scripted. It's a real conversation that also touches upon aspects of American Politics. The Republican Professor is a pro-understanding-theology and pro-understanding-how-theology-relates-to-American Politics podcast. Welcome Dr. Sanjay Merchant !

Join our conversation with veteran pro-life trainer, activist, and academic Scott Klusendorf as he walks us through some of his training he uses to prove the pro-life position. "Syllogism, syllogism, syllogism," says Scott. It's the three most important words for proving the pro-life position. A syllogism is a deductive argument with two premises. Premise 1: It is wrong to intentionally kill and innocent human being. Premise 2: Abortion intentionally kills an innocent human being. Therefore: Abortion is wrong. The argument is valid. But it's also sound, according to Scott. The premises are true, and can be defended as such. Anyone can be trained to do so. That's what Scott has given his life to. Scott talks about the LA he grew up in, what it was like back then to go to UCLA and Pierce College in the Valley (where I also taught), and ultimately to the story of what event got him initially involved in pro-life academics and activism. Scott is teaching courses on argumentation and the abortion debate for credit at Cedarville University and South Florida Bible College this summer and also a similar course on crossexamined.org For more information on how to support his work, check out https://www.lifetraininginstitute.com The Republican Professor is a pro-defending-the-pro-life podcast. Welcome, Scott Klusendorf !

How does the life-vision of Nietzsche compare and contrast to the life-vision of Jesus of Nazareth? Join us as Dr. Greg Ganssle, Ph.D., a former veteran instructor at Yale University's Philosophy Department, introduces us to that topic. Along the way, we find out more about Greg's other books, the courses he's taught, where he teaches now, and a bit about serving regularly for years in a homeless ministry for the local church. Greg is also co-founder and Board member of the Rivendell Institute at Yale University. There are additionally a few anecdotes Dr. Ganssle shares from his professors Peter van Inwagen and William P. Alston. Greg's first book is Thinking About God: First Steps in Philosophy, available on Mississippi, the Arkansas, the Ganges, or whatever other river you normal buy books on, e.g., here : https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-About... Ganssle's latest book is Our Deepest Desire: How the Christian Story Fulfills Human Aspiration, available on the Nile here : https://www.amazon.com/Our-Deepest-De... The Republican Professor is a pro-understanding-the-difference-between-Nietzsche-and-Jesus podcast. Welcome, Dr. Greg Ganssle !

Join our first part of a multi-episode extended set of conversations on Faculty Labor Issues in Higher Education with our special guest today, Dr. Arik Greenberg, Clinical Professor of Theology at Loyola Marymount University, Lost Angeles. We might not agree on many issues in politics. That's possible. But we're both reaching across the aisle to have some inter-party dialogue here on the issue of Labor in Higher Education. No one is forcing us to have this conversation. Certainly, no one is paying us to have this conversation. We're doing this because we both care very deeply about some very serious problems on college campuses in recent decades. Dr. Greenberg is a distinguished, seasoned faculty member on Lost Angeles college campuses and brings a wealth of experience not only in teaching and administration but also in union organizing and peace march demonstrations. This topic can get very complicated very quickly, but there is no other dialogue partner I can think of that can rise to that challenge with as much grace and humility as can Professor Greenberg. We are truly delighted that he stopped by to say a hi and stay awhile to get into the weeds a bit on this topic. And we do bring in some details, some specific numbers, so you can get a feel for what "part-time" professors get paid to teach college in Lost Angeles Ventura, and Orange County, California in recent decades. The Republican Professor is a pro-improving-Faculty-Labor-Issues-on-Campus, pro-making-college-great-again podcast. To move forward we have to listen carefully to each other and learn from each other, to forge relationships that are resilient enough to perdure through time. The Republican Professor welcomes Dr. Arik Greenberg !

"Authority has its source in love and sacrifice," a priest told Dr. Buhler. After getting his Ph.D. in Ancient Wisdom under a highly regarded Expert in Ancient Philosophy at the University of Kentucky, Dr. Keith Buhler, Ph.D., found himself drawn to the Classical Methods of K-12 education in California. That quote helps him speak with authority into the households under his tutelage. Now he runs the school he co-founded in Southern California. The school has no website and is not advertised, yet has 90 kids and is able to speak into the parents on changing habits at home for the sake of the health of the kids. For instance, Keith regularly counsels parents to read with their kids, cut out the social media and video games. Insatiably optimistic, but not naturally so, Dr. Buhler says his life is hard in many ways, and he has to work at optimism as a spiritual discipline. He believes that one can program oneself to become optimistic. "All is well in God's world," he says, inviting us to reflect on that fact. It's us who mess things up. And our worry doesn't protect us. We can do exercises that help these facts sink in, bring a calming, optimistic presence. Keith recently ran his first marathon. Just a few years ago, he could not run hardly at all. He began slowly, walking everyday at first. He published a Facebook post on this titled: how to be lazy and run a marathon. Step by step, one can become a runner and have fun. Keith has shown his circle of influence himself. Dr. Buhler has also gone to war with his ADD or ADHD as well. He's found that by spiritual discipline such as meditation, he's been able to gain tremendous improvement in his focus and see-through of major projects, without medication. This Ph.D. has also gotten into real estate . He's gone from zero properties to now seven (yes, that's right, SEVEN) properties. He started small and kept at it. The Republican Professor is a pro-real estate investment , pro-running, pro-K-12 disciplined Headmaster, pro-Ancient Philosophy and pro-optimistic , ADD management/healing podcast. The Republican Professor welcomes Dr. Keith Buhler, Ph.D.

We're honored to be joined by the Def Leppard and Van Halen of Public High School Logic Teachers, Rich Bordner. Bordner was a collegiate wrestler at The Ohio State University (which is in Ohio) and was one of those weird kids who majored in Philosophy. He shares part of his story of bringing Philosophy--including Critical Thinking and Logic (part of standard training in Philosophy) to the public high school campuses in California and Texas. Bordner spent nearly a decade working 80 hours a week running a successful wrestling program as well as teaching cutting edge life thinking skills to students before throwing in the towel on coaching to save his marriage. He has several stories to share, and many many more where those came from , that highlight just how crazy kids are becoming, and how he stands in the gap . He can't do this alone. You can help Rich at his new part-time venture, The Daniel Collaborative, which equips parents and high school students to be effective thinkers in the crazy context of the exact issues they face on high school campuses. Check out https://www.danielcollaborative.com/ or email info@danielcollaborative.com for more information on how you can get involved or support this effort. The Republican Professor is a pro-teaching-Logic-&-Critical Thinking podcast, we are coach-friendly, and love the work that the very best teachers, like Rich, do in public schools day in and day out. The Republican Professor welcomes Rich Bordner !

Join us with Trust-expert Dr. Jonathan Reibsamen, Ph.D., a professional epistemologist, who examines the role trust plays in gaining knowledge. Epistemology is the field of philosophy that focuses in on a disciplined and organized study of Knowledge, its limits and sources and conditions. Here the question for us hones in on how trust relates to the acquisition of knowledge in testimony (as evidence or a source of knowledge). Of course there are obvious connections to politics and business, for example. We barely scratch the surface of all the related issues that arise. "Trust is very important." Dr. Reibsamen also describes the courses he teaches, including his favorite teaching experience which involves teaching Logic in the prison system in South Carolina. He calls it the best logic class he's ever taught. A faith-based initiative, it's privately funded through donations. Check out the website https://advancement.ciu.edu/projects/prison-initiative for more information on how you can support this vital , ongoing work teaching Logic and Ethics from a Christian perspective in the prisons of South Carolina. The Republican Professor is a pro-Epistemology , pro-Logic & Critical Thinking, pro-teaching in Prison podcast. The Republican Professor welcomes Dr. Jonathan Reibsamen !

We are delighted today to have with us Dr. David A. Horner, D.Phil. (Oxford, Medieval and Ancient Philosophy), author of "Mind Your Faith: a Student's Guide to Thinking and Living Well." Dave Horner spends nearly 3 hours with us discussing the story of the book within his own story of suffering and healing, his anxiety and fear on Oxford's intimidating campus, and shares heartwarming, enlightening, and sometimes humorous anecdotes of the great philosophical figures that he encountered along the way. You can get the book on the Nile, Mississippi, or whatever other huge river you typically get your books,

Strap in for nearly 3 hours of fast-paced hang out time with "Gollum Killer" Brad Cummings, The Shack film producer and its book publisher (22 millions copies, many of those out of his home garage), the General Editor and publisher of The Founders' Bible, seminary trained ex-pastor, one time homeless Pepperdine Student (before I taught there) and LA gang missionary, demon denier, mask-taker-offer, the unique and cheerful "bus-runned over" Brad Cummings.

"I needed everything that I went through to do what I'm doing now." Join our conversation with military and police veteran turned entrepreneur business owner Chris Tighe. Although he began as an E1 right out of high school, promoted through the middle NCO ranks, and eventually received a direct commission as an officer in his late 20s. He retired as a LCDR in the United States Navy, where he supported intelligence and special operations missions in Afghanistan, Iraq, and before that, the Indo-Pacific region. He also has a decade experience in law enforcement, which included some fights with some drunk NFL players. At each step of his unique and storied government career, Chris took jobs that no one else wanted to do with the faith that he would help people and learn something useful for the future. He left his government job with the regular, predictable paychecks and entered the business without a net. He started his own business. He owns and operates a small business, a property management company called Pacific Rim Property Management. The Republican Professor is a business-friendly podcast that appreciates military and police service. Welcome, Chris Tighe !

Higher Education in AFRICA: Join us today for a special guest, Lancaster Bible College's professor Rob Blanks describes what it was like for him to teach Ethics, Biblical Interpretation, Philosophy and Theology in Africa. You can see his heartfelt, deep love for the continent and its people. For more information on how you can support this vital, ongoing work, visit : https://www.lbc.edu/projects/uganda/ for more information.

In this special business and ministry focused episode, we welcome veteran Toyota Global executive Bob Zeinstra to describe how he brings business & marketing to apologetics college campus ministry. Those skills are more relevant than you might think at first glance. Bob's corporate work as General Manager of Toyota Global Sales Support (a position with Toyota Motor North America) is the latest iteration of a 35 year career in corporate America, a career which included 5 years as Head of Advertising for Toyota Global & years spent in Tokyo. Bob's corporate day job is separate and distinct from his campus ministry in North Texas. But he brings the same values and skills to campus ministry : Respect for people and quality of product and advertising. While in Southern California, the Mecca of Apologetics training, Bob sought out additional training in Apologetics at Biola University. His curiosity and desire for growth in effectiveness and maturity in his walk with the Lord has led him on what he considers to be a life-long pursuit of understanding reality. He wants to share what he learns and what others know by bringing people together in pursuit of this high calling. We are called to love God with all of our hearts, souls, and our minds, according to Bob. Bob's campus ministry is volunteer so that the funds he raises go right to the student ministry itself. A gift, for example, of just 30 bucks might go right to pizza to attract and minister to the bodies of the curious minds who show up at a weekly discussion of Creation v. Evolution on campus. You donate at the University of North Texas donate button on the Ratio-Christi website here https://give.ratiochristi.org/?query=&filter%5B0%5D=887&filter%5B1%5D=#search Check out https://www.ratio-christi.org for more information.

f you've never had a discussion with Plato, well, strap in, because that's what we have here. Journey with us on the story of tenured Philosophy professor (in Ohio) Dr. Alex Plato. Born and baptized PC USA (a "liberal" Protestant denomination, Presbyterian) in Oregon, Plato had a special science teacher at a public high school that taught him young earth creationism and some apologetics. Though his dad did not believe, his mother did, and took the family out of the liberal church into a more Biblically solid Baptist church. This led to the young Plato attending college at a Baptist college, where, in his words, "I tried to become an atheist." He was unsuccessful in that endeavor. He discovered apologetics, then philosophy, which naturally led him to the Mecca of Apologetics and Philosophy at the Masters level, Southern California, where Dr. Dallas Willard lived and taught for several decades (USC), mentoring dozens of PhD activist (my word--in a good way) scholars, activists for the truth, evidence, and common sense. Alex attended and graduated from Biola University in Lost Angeles County still not an atheist -- a failed atheist -- on a journey to a deeper Protestant faith. There, his Dallas-Willard-trained epistemologist mentor, Dr. R. Douglas Geivett, Ph.D., introduced him to Dietrich von Hildrebrand, Dallas-Willard trained ethicist Dr. Scott Rae, Ph.D., introduced him to Elizabeth Anscombe's defense of traditional morality, and a theologian introduced him to the Oxford historian and historical Jesus defender N.T. Wright. At Biola, our mutual Philosophy of Religion (visiting professor from Oxford) Richard Swinburne started the first lecture by saying "we must follow the evidence wherever it leads." That's a motto that stuck with Alex, for evidence is what points us to the truth, and it's the only thing that gets us there or on the right track. What else would we follow if not evidence ? Dr. Plato found himself dissatisfied with protestant churches , though, during this time. The building, the music, the sermons, everything but the coffee and doughnuts, seemed to get in the way of worshipping and knowing the Lord God of the Bible in the way Alex felt was most appropriate. Short story long, Alex took a year off to teach and be a security guard. During this period of relaxation, he gained clarity. He wanted a Ph.D. in Philosophy under a guy named John Greco, epistemologist at St. Louis University which is in St. Louis. Turned out, when he got there to that Jesuit school, he returned to Elizabeth Anscombe, found himself living with a Catholic family, attending mass in Latin, singing Gregorian chant, and adoring the beautiful architecture entirely missing from most Protestant churches. He took in the tradition, found himself in it, earlier and yet later than the Reformation, in a way that took him by pleasantly by surprise. Dr. Plato, Ph.D. then was hired at the Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio, to teach courses in the core (Philosophy of Human Nature, Ethics, and Metaphysics) as well as Philosophy of Community, among other things. He got tenure due to teaching excellence. There, his role is to be available to students and to facilitate conversations with them and among them about things they should be discussing in order to avoid the cliches so common in our public discourse. Strap in. There are tangents. But we always come back and summarize so you don't get lost (if you hang in there). There are also nuggets and gems of gold in the tangents. This is not scripted. It's a real conversation.

We're so excited that Hunter's Blend Coffee joined The Republican Professor podcast today. We were delighted to share their story. Hunter's Blend Coffee goes right to the coffee farmer where coffee is actually grown. This cuts out the middle, margin-crushing man for a better price for the consumer. The result is higher-quality coffee, roasted to perfection, available to freedom-loving people everywhere there is an internet connection. Hunter's Blend Coffee had its genesis in a belief. People matter because God created all human beings in the image of God. Human beings are thus bearers of rights and responsibilities to each other. Governments are instituted by the people, for the people, to protect those rights. And people -- including coffee farmers in lands far away, including roasters, employees, and consumers here in the United States -- have the right to their own labor free from irrational, corrupt, or overly burdensome government regulation, however well-motivated. Heavy-handed government regulation is always meant well in theory, but in practice, it often hurts real people trying to provide for themselves and their families. Hunter's Blend Coffee acknowledges this foundational reality into their very identity. As the name suggests, Hunter's Blend Coffee takes a love of quality coffee and blends it with the political philosophy that people have a right to hunt and fish and bear arms for effective self-defense. Those same rights should be respected by any government, not crushed by government. Check out their website at https://www.huntersblendcoffee.com/ At the end is a bonus feature for subscribers only. Be sure to check that out. The Republican Professor podcast is a business-friendly podcast. We respect the right to liberty of contract essential to healthy businesses. So we are happy to make time to cover economics, theory of liberty, entrepreneurship and business stories so that more understand what it takes to start and grow a business. The Republican Professor podcast team welcomes Hunter's Blend Coffee in this week's Business Entrepreneur Focus episode ! Enjoy. Check out their website at https://www.huntersblendcoffee.com/

Dr. Paul Potter takes us through some twists and turns, disappointments and discontents, of his long career. He's 83 as of this recording, even though it seems like he was only 82 last year. He's got a lot of stories about the various moves he believes God brought him through and has some lessons for us at the very end. One of those lessons he shares is write the book that God has given you. It took him to the end of his life, 25 years after Lance Wallnau, Sr., told him that, for him to complete that task. We at The Republican Professor believe in listening carefully to the older generation. You'd be surprised at what gems you might pick out that you never expected to find. And of course, just being with someone who's been around a lot, asking good questions, itself is valuable--being with each other. You can check out his website at https://www.spiritual-wanderings.com You can see the interview on The Republican Professor Channel on Youtube here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkyqoWfAYC4&t=1107s

Democratic activists, under the guise of mental health and public school education, artificially manufacture more "Qs" in the LGBTQ constituency of the Democratic Party at tax-payer expense, according to this first-hand account. Former elected education official (Orange County, California) and veteran public school teacher Brenda Lebsack shares with us what she says is purposeful deception of parents. Under the guise of a redefined method of knowing the gender of your child, the political forces dominating this aspect of K-12 public education in California are purposefully confusing kids, according to Lebsack, very often without parental knowledge or support. Check out her website https://www.brenda4kids.com for more information . Also check out her very helpful video here that we tried to play for you at around minute 40 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE1EuM20_RQ&t=60s Also check out the documentary film "Whose Kids are They?" in which Brenda appears along with many others.

Epistemology is the field in Philosophy that focuses on what Knowledge is, how we know (or whether we know) what we think we know. Get ready to go a million miles an hour with professional epistemologist Dr. Trent Dougherty, editor of the Oxford University Press book "Evidentialism and Its Discontents" available for purchase here on Nile, Mississippi, or whatever river you get you books from. E.g., https://www.amazon.com/Evidentialism-its-Discontents-Trent-Dougherty-ebook/dp/B00AQH7F8W/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3BM8FK58OQ5DX&keywords=trent+dougherty&qid=1645212085&sprefix=trent+dou%2Caps%2C119&sr=8-3 We ask him how we know things, what counts as good evidence, what the definition of opinion and knowledge is, is "publish or perish" good for Higher Education , how does one make it as a professional philosopher , and whether sense experience is required for having knowledge . He lists some of the great names in his journey, including Edmund Gettier, the three "RF"s --Richard Fumerton, Richard Foley, and his dissertation chair Richard Feldman--who were almost as important as the late, great Roderick Chisholm. Enjoy also the personal anecdotes in the last half where he shares how he became interested in Philosophy after his conversion to Christianity from paganism, and how he got interested in Epistemology in particular. Welcome, Dr. Dougherty ! The Republican Professor Podcast Team

Have you ever experienced a genuine miracle ? How would you know if you did ? We are delighted to have Dr. JP Moreland, Ph.D. as our special guest today to help us work through these issues and more. JP Moreland is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Biola University's graduate MA program. He has written delivered countless talks and written numerous books and articles related to all the ways that Biblical Christianity relates to high-level academic, rigorous Philosophy and contemporary culture. Dr. Moreland earned a Ph.D. at the University of Spoiled Childr -- I mean Southern California (USC) -- in Philosophy under the guidance and dissertation mentoring of the late, great Dr. Dallas Willard, one of the greatest Christian philosophers in American history and one of the pioneers in the contemporary Spiritual Formation movement. So Dallas Willard is our intellectual and philosophical grandfather, as it were, through JP (and others). More personally, JP was our/my (Dr. Mather's) professor for three key courses of mine in that MA program in Philosophy: Metaphysics I, Philosophy of Mind, and Metaphysics II: The Nature and Origin of Consciousness, and that program was what brought those involved in this project together. We all took key courses from Moreland (Kurtis took upper level Apologetics from him as an undergrad Philosophy major at Biola before his graduate work, for example). We've been friends ever since. What is unique about JP is that he brought a sophisticated sense of humor to his own project of melding together Common Sense and rigorous, logical thought grounded in the ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary analytic academic discipline of Philosophy. If something he says sounds Common Sense, that's on purpose--it is ! But just as often, JP will elevate your discourse, your thought life, and will stretch you just beyond what you're able to handle in order to grow you. This is an odd mixture of feelings for the student: laughing, making connections and growing confidence, and getting smarter and smarter and sharper and sharper at making distinctions and learning about Reality. It was a wonderful education. Here JP discusses his most recent book, "A Simple Guide to Experience Miracles: Instruction and Inspiration for Living Supernaturally in Christ" available here on Amazon : https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Guide-E... In this simple but careful, rigorous book, JP continues on that tradition of modeling Common Sense with logical thought. He suggests principles for determining whether you've experienced a genuine miracle or not. These are criteria you can apply confidently--because they are at once careful, rigorous, and common sense all at the same time--to test the testimony of others as well. The result is: it is possible to know (yes, KNOW) that you've experience a miracle. That word "Know" has the same meaning, the very same definition that it has in Law and Science. It does not change meaning. Philosophers are very careful with the meaning of words, and it means the same exact thing here as it does in those other disciplines. He also includes a list of suggested criteria (about a dozen or so) to apply when God does not answer prayers to help you know or understand why the Lord didn't intervene in that situation. This material seems to be worth the price of the book by itself, as far as we are concerned. This conversation was a joy. Join our conversation here with JP on the metaphysics and epistemology of #Miracles Welcome, JP Moreland ! The Republican Professor Podcast team

How do we stop sexual assault ? Empower the vulnerable. Wendy Hauffen (MBA, USC) of #NotmeSD equips women to become their own first responders. Today we're so lucky to have Wendy Hauffen, MBA as our special guest, Founder of the #NotmeSD movement. #NotmeSD is dedicated to effectively and lawfully preventing sexual assault by actualizing the agency within each woman to be her own first responder. How can a vulnerable person only rely on the police when the police are not always there ? Wendy's anti-sexual assault civil liberties campaign is taking Southern California by storm. So far, it has concretely aided every single woman (over 500 so far) who has reached out for practical guidance, mentoring, grant money and financial assistance, and training on how to purchase, safely use, lawfully carry, clean and securely store a firearm for effective self defense. Wendy is unique in her insatiable dedication to the Southern California community's well being and public safety. Her passion and well-earned knowledge base is the well that she draws from in serving San Diego County as a professional firearms instructor, business professional, and executive of the 3,000 plus member San Diego County Gun Owners Political Action Committee (PAC). Wendy has often been sought out for help by women specifically. Many women feel intimidated by so-called "gun culture", which tends to be male-dominated. Wendy sees this and is helping to change it. Over 500 women have gone through her program spearheaded by #NotmeSD. Her approachability and humble demeanor makes her especially safe for women who are looking at becoming educated and trained in all things self-defense. Any problematic legal or cultural barriers to effective, lawful self-defense--which is a sacred right of every person--comes under her steady, constant gaze. She relentlessly seeks solutions to these problems, real solutions that make women, and by extension all law-abiding citizens, safer in Southern California. It is our great honor to have her as a guest and ask you to check out https://www.notmeca.org/ Specifically for San Diego and Southern California, please take a quick look at https://sandiegocountygunowners.com/n... for more information on how you too can support this effort. You can also find the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/SDCGO for more information on how you can join as a member or financial contributor. Welcome Wendy ! You can view the Episode as "Episode 8" on Youtube here :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY1Aq8ac4i8&t=822s The Republican Professor Podcast team.

Here's a compelling story of how an average, normal, everyday citizen quit his secure, well-paying day job as a banker to defend civil rights. Meet Michael Schwartz of San Diego, California. He went from banker to civil rights advocate, starting a local Second Amendment organization that went from zero to 3,000 members dedicated to vigilance in defense of the Constitution. He did this all on his own time while working a 7am-7 pm job, eventually quitting his job without a safety net to start the organization from the ground up to replace some of his lost income. Michael went from working an average, normal everyday office job to an amazingly fruitful local and county-wide political advocacy laser focused on one issue: the right to self defense. To do this we need full-time employees working all week every week to curtail dangerous incursions on our civil liberties. We are excited to interview the Founder of the incredibly effective San Diego County Gun Owners, Michael Schwartz, banker turned local activist. Mr. Schwartz shares his heartwarming personal story of a pretty scary experience of nearly being arrested by federal law enforcement for normal, lawful conduct. That experience and others led him into the long journey of learning how to become an effective activist for neglected natural and Constitutional rights. Michael shares his frank disappointment with the Republican Party that led him to realize: no party is coming to save the Constitution in California. It's up to us at the grass-roots level. We (you and me, everyday people) have to do it. He shares powerful advice on what works and what doesn't based on years of tough experience. No politician is persuaded by a meme you share on social media or by a rude, snarky comment. Sharing memes isn't activism, according to Schwartz. Key-board warriors are many but the workers of the civil liberties vineyard are few. We need more of that latter, and that starts with giving people agency. "Agency" means that everyday people can do something effective, it's within their power, their personal agency to make a difference in real life, in the offices of power. Michael Schwartz himself is the best evidence there is of that principle in the entire State of California, as far as we can tell so far. You can listen to Michael every Sunday at Gun Owners Radio. You can find more information at https://www.gunownersradio.com/ You can join the non-partisan, single-issue organization he founded for as little as 10 dollars a month--a half a cup of coffee nowadays at certain places--and every cent goes to the full-time, effective effort at turning away harm and watering the fragile plants of renewal and growth in our self-defense civil liberties. Check out and join https://sandiegocountygunowners.com/ You can also find and follow or Like the San Diego County Gun Owners Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/SDCGO There are also sister organizations that have grown up , inspired by the model Michael shared here, in Orange County and the Inland Empire. They have Facebook pages and websites as well with the same logo. And specifically for women (or for anyone who wants to help fund effective efforts at preventing sexual assault and victimization), also check out #notmeSD which has helped every woman who has inquired to find resources for safe firearm safety training (done by women for women), for confidently and securely obtaining a firearm for effective, lawful self-defense which as of this date numbers over 500 women in San Diego County alone (not even including the rest of Southern California). You can find more information here : https://sandiegocountygunowners.com/notmesd/

We welcome back Dr. Holzer of HBU from Episode 5 to do a deeper dive how military experience has shaped him as a person and as a professor. You can listen here or you can watch the episode on Democrat controlled Youboob here :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGsSNEOaZyg&t=1039s You can view Part 1 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNrCMdp-vSM&t=2782s

Kurtis in Texas has 5 kids and has brought his widowed elderly dad into the household to live with them. In the difficult transition, he's discovered new patterns of life with his dad, including daily morning prayer and Bible study, that have blossomed into unexpected moments of grace and a more peaceful relationship. We wonder aloud how ancient/medieval type multigenerational living arrangements in the same household, which used to be the norm for thousands of years, might still be appropriate today.

We discuss among other things going to college in Hawai'i. Join our conversation today with our very special guest (are there ever non-special guests ?) Dr. Shannon Holzer of Houston Baptist University. We discuss going to college in Hawai'i, grade inflation v. academic excellence, and some favorite professors. We also talk about our students. We discuss recent students versus the way students were ten years ago, grade inflation (did I mention we talk about grade inflation?), going to school in Hawai'i, what he was like as a student and a veteran of the US Marine Corps versus what more recent student trends look like, incentive structures in Higher Education and K-12, and seminary training in preparation for Ph.D. work in Constitutional Law and Philosophy. Guest bio: Professor Shannon Holzer, Ph.D. served for several years in the United States Marine Corps before going to college. Dr. Holzer has earned degrees in the areas of religion, philosophy, and politics/Constitutional Law. He earned his undergraduate degree at a small Baptist college in Hawai'i called Wayland Baptist University on the island O'ahu where he majored in Religion with a special focus on Biblical Studies. During college, Professor Holzer developed an interest in the discipline of Philosophy, and so he moved to California to earn an M.A. in Philosophy from Biola University's graduate program there, where he focused on Philosophy of Religion and Ethics at Talbot School of Theology in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Sensing a need for further training in the application of his training to areas of Constitutional Law and Politics, Dr. Holzer then moved to Texas in order to earn a Ph.D. in Religion, Politics, and Society at the world-famous J.M. Dawson Institute for Church-State Studies at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He had met the rigorous standards of multiple philosophers on his dissertation committee in which he focused specifically on philosophical (epistemological) issues in First Amendment jurisprudence and its impact on society. Shannon has a commitment to service and academic excellence which he models faithfully for his students. In addition to having served as a pastor in Hawai'i and his military service, Dr. Holzer has served in K-12 education as a public school teacher and sports coach in Los Angeles County and has taught in the community colleges and universities for many years, accumulating a rich set of experiences. He draws from this deep well of service with compassion, humility, and faithful commitment to academic excellence. Professors mentioned include Dr. Dallas Willard of USC Philosophy Department, Dr. Craig Blomberg, Dr. JP Moreland, Dr. William Lane Craig, Dr. David Ciocchi of Biola, Dr. R. Douglas Geivett of Biola, Francis Beckwith of Baylor, and Dr. David Howle of Wayland Baptist University Hawai'i, and my (Dr. Mather's) WBU Government professor on Marine Corps Station Kaneohe whose name I have forgotten. Schools mentioned include Wayland Baptist University on O'ahu, Hawai'i, Denver Seminary, Baylor University, Biola University, International College and Graduate School (Nu'uanu) off the Pali Hwy on O'ahu (upstairs from International Baptist Church) and Glendale High School (California). Churches mentioned in this episode include Hope Chapel Kaneohe and International Baptist Church just off the Pali Highway, leeward side, in the Nu'uanu valley in the Honolulu metropolitan area (Lucas' church at the time). Military bases mentioned include Hickam AFB, Marine Corps Station Kaneohe, Schofield Barracks, and Wheeler Army Airfield. Films mentioned include "From Here to Eternity."

We discuss issues related to courage, abuse of language and pressure to fit in. It takes courage to think for yourself because you risk not fitting in.

Join our brain-storming session on coming topics: why extra credit is grade inflation (and professor Mather offers to drop the 2 highest quiz scores instead of the lowest quiz scores), how it is that Democrats have Republican beliefs but self-censor them (e.g., gun violence saves lives, walls protect property and people, etc.) in order to socially fit in, how Youtube is a Democrat platform as it censors innocent disagreement, and much more.

What is The Republican Professor all about? We're about having quality conversations about American Politics and related topics. Here, we briefly discuss our thoughts thus far on polarization. Podcasts referenced in the episode include Dan Crenshaw on Congress https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hold-these-truths-with-dan-crenshaw/id1498149200?i=1000547822946 and Denver Seminary's podcast on Christianity and partisanship https://denverseminary.edu/denver_podcast/51-keeping-the-gospel-as-our-primary-identity-in-politics/

Here Dr. Mather explains to a friend in dialogue why Abortion is about 5% of why he votes how he votes for President, , and why structural issues like threats to the separation of powers form larger chunks of the pie for me, and how they are all logically related to Abortion, because they are. This was recorded earlier in the year, right before Biden took the oath of office. Other issues discussed are George Floyd and Police state brutality, the invasion of property rights, and entitlements.