Reefer Madness: Government Efforts to Criminalize Marijuana
Chris Calton presents to Young Americans for Liberty at Auburn University on 20 April 2019.
U.S. History
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Hysteria Over School Safety Won’t Keep Us Safe
The #NeverAgain movement that arose after last year’s Parkland shootings ignores how government officials cannot be trusted to behave honestly or responsibly to save student lives.
“A Glittering Lie” — The True Battle of Shiloh
In this special collaborative episode, Chris Calton and Dangerous History Podcast's "Professor CJ" share the vivid memoirs of two young soldiers fighting on opposing sides of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War.
The Economic Recessions of the Late 1970s and Early 1990s
The most characteristic feature of post-WWII business cycles is that they have originated in deliberately inflationary policies directed by central banks.
Will Conservatives See the Light on Secession?
Many on the Left still cling to the idea that if they can only elect "the right people," everything will be fine. This is a doomed strategy.
What if Climate Warriors Put their Money Where Their Mouths Are?
The emergence of "catastrophe bonds" in recent decades suggests an interesting way that Climate Warriors could alleviate the presumed costs of climate change — assuming climate activists are willing to spend any of their own money on the problem.
The Development of Municipal Fire Departments in the United States
For many years in London, firefighting was provided privately by insurance companies. Oddly enough, the Americans rejected this model for the far-more-politicized fire department model we know today.
The Battle of Shiloh, Part 4: “Tell My Mother I Died Like A Soldier”
Chris Calton recounts the second and final day of the Battle of Shiloh, and the story of the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
Wilsonianism: The Legacy that Won’t Die
As Americans it behooves us to reassess the Wilsonian democratic legacy. More than an ephemeral aspect of our national past, it may be the fate that we have never escaped.
The Battle of Shiloh, Part 3: The Hornet’s Nest
Chris Calton details the intense fighting at The Battle of Shiloh, where thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers fought in a narrow portion of the battlefield nicknamed "The Hornet's Nest."
