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How the Bible Influenced America's Legal Tradition -- Reading the Bible w/ the Founding Fathers pt 8
2d ago · 1:03:51
We're talking about the Bible's Influence on America's Legal Tradition. Happy 250th Anniversary of 'Murica. You're in for a treat . This is part 4 of 4 (but it's Part 8 of the discussion of this book begun Fall 2025) on the Second Chapter "The English and American Public Culture." This is episode 8 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. 42 through to the end of the chapter on p. 48. "The American Founders read the Bible," Oxford University Rhodes S
Mr. Steak Founder CEO James Mather: Nobody Loves an Absentee, June 1976 Mr. Steak's Competitive Edge
3d ago · 53:12
Part 4 in the Mr. Steak series, and Part 3 of the Mr. Steak's Competitive Edge series. This one is from June 1976 and is on the topic of "Nobody Loves and Absentee." On the topic of Absenteeism, which apparently was a chronic condition for the managers and staff to work through at the time. Mr. Steak's Founder, Chairman of the Board and CEO James A. Jim Mather, my Grandpa Mather, interviews people in an effort to increase what he called Mr. Steak's Competitive Edge by encouraging people to smile in order to help beautify America. This was in December 1976 for the benefit of Mr. Steak's nationw
Early Discussion in the Convention re: President: Charles Thach, The Creation of The Presidency VIII
8d ago · 1:04:07
250th Anniversary of the USA Ep.9: Dr. Charles C. Thach, Ph.D. on The Creation of The Presidency VIII Episode 9 in the series marking the 250th Anniversary of the USA in this year 2026. It's part 8 of our discussion of this book. We're still in ch. 4 which is called the Presidency in the Federal Convention starting on the top of p.69 through to middle of p. 78. 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
Mr. Steak Founder James Mather: Smile to Help Beautify America, Dec 1976 Mr Steak's Competitive Edge
12d ago · 57:37
Part 3 in the Mr. Steak series, and Part 2 of the Mr. Steak's Competitive Edge series. This one is from December (recorded in November, though) 1976 and is on the topic of something very basic: the importance of the genuinely warm smile in human relations. The idea is that you're not just serving people your product alone, but rather the real need you're meeting is much deeper, a sense of community and connection which is so important to our flourishing as special creatures in the image of God. The folks Grandpa Jim Mather interviews have quite a bit to share on the subject. Mr. Steak's Founde
War -- Republicans in 1960s Counterculture: The Age of Entitlement: America Since the 60s cont. ch4
16d ago · 53:11
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
Open Carry in California According to Republican Ninth Circuit Part 4, VanDyke, Lee Trump Appointees
22d ago · 1:02:43
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 U
Mr. Steak CEO James Mather on As A Man Thinketh in Scriptural Perspective with Bob Jensen, Sept 1977
23d ago · 1:13:29
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 motiv
Mr. Steak CEO James (Jim) Mather on The Free Enterprise System 23 Mar 1982 Cheyenne Tom Bauman KRAE
25d ago · 51:49
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, K
Political Philosophy -- Marxism: Dialectical Method in Ethics Acc. to Thomas Sowell, Stanford Univ. 2
27d ago · 50:42
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
Hamilton v. Jefferson in Fame and the Founding Fathers, by Douglass Adair on Motives of the Framers2
1mo ago · 1:02:54
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 expla
Basic Political Philosophy 6: ARISTOTLE on Democracy and Oligarchy Deviation acc. to Harry V. Jaffa
1mo ago · 59:02
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
Parents Have A Right Not to Be Deceived By Public Schools Acc. to Republican Judges: Mirabelli pt5/5
1mo ago · 1:14:13
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/
Ordinary v. Literal Statutory Construction: Brett Kavanaugh's Dissent 2, Bostock v. Clayton Co 2020
1mo ago · 43:35
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 di
Chevron Deference Doctrine Deep Dive Part 6b: Justice Gorsuch, Loper-Bright v. Raimondo 2024 (Ep 18)
1mo ago · 55:22
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
250th Anniversary of the USA Ep.8: Dr. Charles C. Thach, Ph.D. on The Creation of The Presidency VII
1mo ago · 57:48
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.
Fame and the Founding Fathers, 1966 Speech by Douglass Adair to Explain the Motives of the Framers 1
1mo ago · 56:23
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
Reading the Bible w/ the Founding Fathers -- The Founders Debate Use of the Bible in Schools (OUP)
1mo ago · 1:08:30
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 Univ
Natural Law and the New Right v. The Constitution Ch3: the Judicial Restraint Activism of the 1980s
1mo ago · 1:18:09
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-
Criminalizing a Right to Sell, Leasehold Renewals, Disposition and Contract, Epstein's Takings pt12
2mo ago · 44:06
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
250th Anniversary of the USA Ep. 7: Dr. Charles C. Thach, Ph.D. on The Creation of The Presidency VI
2mo ago · 43:48
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 gro
Reading the Bible w/ the Founding Fathers -- The English Bible and American Literacy Education (OUP)
2mo ago · 44:26
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 cha
More Equal Than Others: Admissions Policy at Berkeley, Illiberal Education by Dinesh D'Souza, Part 5
2mo ago · 45:48
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
History of Israel and the Nations pt 6 - Rise of Prophets Isaiah, Micah, Hosea, Amos - w/ FF Bruce
2mo ago · 51:51
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
250th Anniversary of the USA Ep. 6: Dr. Charles C. Thach, Ph.D. on The Creation of The Presidency V
2mo ago · 37:20
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 gr
Tyree Benson Was Wrongly Convicted: 11+ Magazines Are Arms Protected By 2a: DC Court of Appeals pt2
2mo ago · 50:07
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 Rep

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How the Bible Influenced America's Legal Tradition -- Reading the Bible w/ the Founding Fathers pt 8

Mr. Steak Founder CEO James Mather: Nobody Loves an Absentee, June 1976 Mr. Steak's Competitive Edge

Early Discussion in the Convention re: President: Charles Thach, The Creation of The Presidency VIII

Mr. Steak Founder James Mather: Smile to Help Beautify America, Dec 1976 Mr Steak's Competitive Edge

War -- Republicans in 1960s Counterculture: The Age of Entitlement: America Since the 60s cont. ch4

Open Carry in California According to Republican Ninth Circuit Part 4, VanDyke, Lee Trump Appointees

Mr. Steak CEO James Mather on As A Man Thinketh in Scriptural Perspective with Bob Jensen, Sept 1977

Mr. Steak CEO James (Jim) Mather on The Free Enterprise System 23 Mar 1982 Cheyenne Tom Bauman KRAE

Political Philosophy -- Marxism: Dialectical Method in Ethics Acc. to Thomas Sowell, Stanford Univ. 2

Hamilton v. Jefferson in Fame and the Founding Fathers, by Douglass Adair on Motives of the Framers2

Basic Political Philosophy 6: ARISTOTLE on Democracy and Oligarchy Deviation acc. to Harry V. Jaffa

Parents Have A Right Not to Be Deceived By Public Schools Acc. to Republican Judges: Mirabelli pt5/5

Ordinary v. Literal Statutory Construction: Brett Kavanaugh's Dissent 2, Bostock v. Clayton Co 2020

Chevron Deference Doctrine Deep Dive Part 6b: Justice Gorsuch, Loper-Bright v. Raimondo 2024 (Ep 18)

250th Anniversary of the USA Ep.8: Dr. Charles C. Thach, Ph.D. on The Creation of The Presidency VII

Fame and the Founding Fathers, 1966 Speech by Douglass Adair to Explain the Motives of the Framers 1

Reading the Bible w/ the Founding Fathers -- The Founders Debate Use of the Bible in Schools (OUP)

Natural Law and the New Right v. The Constitution Ch3: the Judicial Restraint Activism of the 1980s

Criminalizing a Right to Sell, Leasehold Renewals, Disposition and Contract, Epstein's Takings pt12

250th Anniversary of the USA Ep. 7: Dr. Charles C. Thach, Ph.D. on The Creation of The Presidency VI

Reading the Bible w/ the Founding Fathers -- The English Bible and American Literacy Education (OUP)

More Equal Than Others: Admissions Policy at Berkeley, Illiberal Education by Dinesh D'Souza, Part 5

History of Israel and the Nations pt 6 - Rise of Prophets Isaiah, Micah, Hosea, Amos - w/ FF Bruce

250th Anniversary of the USA Ep. 6: Dr. Charles C. Thach, Ph.D. on The Creation of The Presidency V

Tyree Benson Was Wrongly Convicted: 11+ Magazines Are Arms Protected By 2a: DC Court of Appeals pt2

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How the Bible Influenced America's Legal Tradition -- Reading the Bible w/ the Founding Fathers pt 8

Mr. Steak Founder CEO James Mather: Nobody Loves an Absentee, June 1976 Mr. Steak's Competitive Edge

Early Discussion in the Convention re: President: Charles Thach, The Creation of The Presidency VIII

Mr. Steak Founder James Mather: Smile to Help Beautify America, Dec 1976 Mr Steak's Competitive Edge

War -- Republicans in 1960s Counterculture: The Age of Entitlement: America Since the 60s cont. ch4

Open Carry in California According to Republican Ninth Circuit Part 4, VanDyke, Lee Trump Appointees

Mr. Steak CEO James Mather on As A Man Thinketh in Scriptural Perspective with Bob Jensen, Sept 1977

Mr. Steak CEO James (Jim) Mather on The Free Enterprise System 23 Mar 1982 Cheyenne Tom Bauman KRAE

Political Philosophy -- Marxism: Dialectical Method in Ethics Acc. to Thomas Sowell, Stanford Univ. 2

Hamilton v. Jefferson in Fame and the Founding Fathers, by Douglass Adair on Motives of the Framers2

Basic Political Philosophy 6: ARISTOTLE on Democracy and Oligarchy Deviation acc. to Harry V. Jaffa

Parents Have A Right Not to Be Deceived By Public Schools Acc. to Republican Judges: Mirabelli pt5/5

Ordinary v. Literal Statutory Construction: Brett Kavanaugh's Dissent 2, Bostock v. Clayton Co 2020

Chevron Deference Doctrine Deep Dive Part 6b: Justice Gorsuch, Loper-Bright v. Raimondo 2024 (Ep 18)

250th Anniversary of the USA Ep.8: Dr. Charles C. Thach, Ph.D. on The Creation of The Presidency VII

Fame and the Founding Fathers, 1966 Speech by Douglass Adair to Explain the Motives of the Framers 1

Reading the Bible w/ the Founding Fathers -- The Founders Debate Use of the Bible in Schools (OUP)

Natural Law and the New Right v. The Constitution Ch3: the Judicial Restraint Activism of the 1980s

Criminalizing a Right to Sell, Leasehold Renewals, Disposition and Contract, Epstein's Takings pt12

250th Anniversary of the USA Ep. 7: Dr. Charles C. Thach, Ph.D. on The Creation of The Presidency VI

Reading the Bible w/ the Founding Fathers -- The English Bible and American Literacy Education (OUP)

More Equal Than Others: Admissions Policy at Berkeley, Illiberal Education by Dinesh D'Souza, Part 5

History of Israel and the Nations pt 6 - Rise of Prophets Isaiah, Micah, Hosea, Amos - w/ FF Bruce

250th Anniversary of the USA Ep. 6: Dr. Charles C. Thach, Ph.D. on The Creation of The Presidency V

Tyree Benson Was Wrongly Convicted: 11+ Magazines Are Arms Protected By 2a: DC Court of Appeals pt2