This episode of Civics Over Politics explores the ongoing mid-decade redistricting, Trump’s image and likeness all over official things, and MAHA’s “gold standard” science insanity.

Show Notes:

Louisiana Redistricting:

https://apnews.com/article/congress-redistricting-voting-rights-louisiana-1b02199b18bad2efe259a24f5e3278bf

Pediatric Flu Deaths:

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/74/wr/mm7436a2.htm

On this 20th episode of the Civics Over Politics podcast, the show takes an introspective look at how race has played a role in American history. Special attention is paid to the massive resistance of the newly enshrined civil rights in the 1950s and 1960s.

We close the show with yet another travel recommendation, as summer is coming soon and it's the vacation season.

Show Notes:

Robert E. Lee's Letter:

https://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/saxon/servlet/SaxonServlet?source=/xml_docs/valley_news/newspaper_catalog.xml&style=/xml_docs/valley_news/news_cat.xsl&level=edition&paper=rv&year=1869&month=09&day=03&edition=rv1869/va.au.rv.1869.09.03.xml

Little Rock Central High School Timeline:

https://www.nps.gov/chsc/learn/historyculture/timeline.htm

University of Mississippi and James Meredeth

https://npg.si.edu/blog/september-30-1962-james-meredith-university-mississippi

The Southern Manifesto- "Declaration of Constitutional Prinicples":

https://www.crmvet.org/docs/560312_southern_manifesto.pdf

Show Notes:

This episode of Civics Over Politics explores the connections between politics and religion, from the Roman Empire to the present day.

The show closes with another travel recommendation. Last week's suggested destination was the St. Francois Mountain region in Missouri.

Constantine the Great:

https://ehistory.osu.edu/biographies/flavius-valerius-constantinus-constantine-great

John Courtney Murray on Pluralism:

https://library.georgetown.edu/woodstock/murray/whtt_intro_1958a

Not the cable news version, but a take on the dominant identity politics of our era.

Plus a travel recommendation.

Today’s episode delves into the threats and instances of political violence in our country.

The show also gives a bit of background on me and how I approach the issues.

We close with a tribute to the modern miracle of vaccines.

Vaccines save lives:

https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/04/1167377

Today’s episode delves into the recent dust up between the Pope and the President, the war with Iran, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, and an awesome movie recommendation.

Show Notes:

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Yale Law School Lecture on the Emergency Docket:

https://youtu.be/kOIzg3X5M2Y?si=7wO5lz3WjLoMfekF

Nashville: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/nashville/umc.cmc.2xui7s36zlo4q4yqxgil6g3e2

This episode recaps the April 7 St. Joseph local elections and their low but change-oriented turnout, tackles the latest in the Iran war situation , takes in the perspective of John Milton on Charles I, and closes with a reflection on the joys of baseball.

This episode goes deep on the local election and the issues that matter, the war in Iran, and our citizenship.

Show Notes:

The Birthright Con by Jamelle Bouie:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/opinion/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-14th-amendment.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YFA.3bBh.UT8euszIPckF&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Oral Arguments Trump v Barbara:

https://www.youtube.com/live/RYecNCgwSfE?si=JTzUh9c9cSfbm1SU

On this episode, the show dives into the history of the Soviet Union, National Socialism, Chinese Communism, and contemporary American politics to show the devastating effects of dehumanizing rhetoric and policies.

Show Notes:

Thomas Hobbes Leviathan:

https://courses.washington.edu/hsteu302/Hobbes%20selections%20(edited).htm

Soviet Enemies of the People:

https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/enemies-people

Kruschev's Speech to the 20th Congress of the C.P.S.U.:

https://www.marxists.org/archive/khrushchev/1956/02/24.htm

Carl Schmitt Article from Claremont Review of Books:

https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/the-nazi-jurist/

Hitler Speech from January 1939:

https://www.yadvashem.org/docs/extract-from-hitler-speech.html

World War 2 Deaths by Country:

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/students-teachers/student-resources/research-

starters/research-starters-worldwide-deaths-world-war

Mao Zedong Speech Excerpts:

http://large.stanford.edu/history/kaist/references/marx/mao/c2/

For this episode, we feature a wide ranging interview with my stepson Jackson about all things politics, sports, and a bit more. This one is an interesting and fresh one.