Colin's Last Stand
Date de parution : 20 mars 2017
 | Saison 1 - épisode 1 | Colin vs. The Political Compass The Political Compass -- controversial as it may be -- is a solid way to better understand your ideological leanings. Today, Colin takes the test,... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 2 | Syria, SCOTUS, and the Folly of Political Expediency Launching missiles at Syria and changing the rules of the Senate to push a SCOTUS nominee through are just a couple of recent examples of how the... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 3 | California's Harebrained Secession Movement (Part I) If the Yes California movement gets its way, California will secede from the United States and become an independent country. The bad news? The... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 4 | The Rise and (Hopeful) Fall of North Korea There's nowhere on Earth that compares to North Korea. With a dictatorial, murderous, oppressive, and brazen history, it may just be time to take... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 5 | Accomplishing Nothing at The Battle of Berkeley If you want to attract positive attention and popular support, fight with words and ideas, not fists and bats. |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 6 | California's Harebrained Secession Movement (Part II) If the Yes California movement gets its way, California will secede from the United States and become an independent country. The bad news? The... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 7 | The Upside to Cultural Appropriation Anyone who makes you feel bad for "appropriating" elements from another culture hasn't paid much attention the last 100,000 years. |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 8 | Why NASA Matters Earth is so 20th century. The greatest mysteries, adventures, and answers of all aren't on this planet. They're out there, among the stars. That's... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 9 | The Mexican-American War That Almost Was In 1846, the US and Mexico went to war. In 1848, the US took a huge chunk of Mexico as its own. By 1917, Germany sought to use that conflict as the... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 10 | Marine Le Pen, Donald Trump, and the "Far Right" Lie Let's be real: "Far Right" is a modern pejorative meant to politically injure candidates for office. Thing is, the two most prominent "Far Right"... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 11 | The Transgender (and Transracial?) Pursuit of Happiness For many, the fight for transgender rights is rooted in science. But that's silly. It's an argument that should instead be rooted in liberty.... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 12 | How Watergate Destroyed Richard Nixon Calculating, determined, and smart, Richard Nixon should have been one of the 20th century's great presidents. But the Watergate Scandal rapidly... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 13 | Confederate Traitors Don't Deserve Respect The Confederate States of America was a traitorous and racist organization led by selfish cowards that almost universally got away with their crimes.... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 14 | The Impeachment of an American President The dreaded "I" word is being tossed around, meaning it's time for a refresher course on what impeachment means and where the powers of impeachment... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 15 | The Bastardization of Nationalism The word nationalism has been utterly co-opted. Yet, by reclaiming its true meaning, people from around the world can show pride in their home... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 16 | Project Horizon: America's Cold War Moon Base (Almost) In 1959, the American Department of Defense wrote more than 400 classified pages investigating whether it could build a fully functioning lunar base... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 17 | Wonder Woman, Alamo Drafthouse, and Toxic Politics If this Wonder Woman/Alamo Drafthouse fracas proves anything, it's that identity politics is unequally distributed, philosophically inconsistent,... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 18 | The Political Witch Hunt of Kathy Griffin and Bill Maher Kathy Griffin and Bill Maher both made bad mistakes. Perhaps instead of trying to destroy them like they've committed an actual crime, we should... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 19 | When the British Burned Washington D.C. to the Ground Fed up with British abuse and encroachment, the US declared war on Great Britain in 1812. Two years later, Washington D.C. was left in smoldering... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 20 | Solving Global Warming the Moderate Way Global warming is real, and it's likely caused (almost?) entirely by man. It's a problem we can solve, but it will require moderation and reason,... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 21 | America's Dishonest Gun Control Debate There are few debates in American politics more farcical than the one surrounding the country's so-called "gun epidemic," which, as this video will... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 22 | Why Do Democrats Keep Losing? The Democrats have lost every Special Congressional Election since Donald Trump became president (save one, where only Democrats ran). It doesn't... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 23 | Andrew Jackson: America's Favorite Psychopath Andrew Jackson was the United States’ seventh president. He also happened to be fucking insane. Let’s chat about a few great Andrew Jackson stories,... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 24 | Donald Trump vs. The Media vs. Russia It’s entirely possible -- if not quite likely -- that Donald Trump didn’t collude with Russia, after all. Will the media’s brinksmanship continue,... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 25 | The Contradictions and Complexities of Being American The United States can be a gray and ambiguous place. On this Fourth of July, we should take the time to celebrate that, revel in the ups and downs,... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 26 | How to Remove A President Using the 25th Amendment Lose an election. Term-out. Resign. Get impeached. Die. Those were the only ways a President could leave office until 1967, when the 25th Amendment... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 27 | It's Time to Legalize (and Normalize) Prostitution It’s simple: The government shouldn’t have the right to tell consenting, willing adults that they can't trade money for sex. It’s not a matter of... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 28 | A Divided America Needs a Viable Third Option in 2020 While ideologues at both political extremes accomplish nothing in their endless bickering, the moderate masses yearn for an adult to take the reins.... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 29 | What Happened at Dunkirk? Christopher Nolan's "Dunkirk" tells the harrowing story of perhaps the most daring military escape in human history. With the Nazis blitzing France... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 30 | 2020's Nine Presidential Candidates (So Far) It's early. So very early. But in politics, the next election is always right around the corner. With a year and a half or so before people start... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 31 | Chaos and Ineptitude in the Trump Administration President Trump thinks he can surround himself with unending chaos and lead the world's most powerful, prestigious, and vibrant country. But as... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 32 | HBO's Confederate, Amazon's Black America & Professional Outrage HBO recently announced a new show called Confederate. It's an alternate history tale where the American north and south remain split apart, and... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 33 | How Socialism Destroyed Venezuela Venezuela is in complete freefall, and socialism is to blame. Its economy is crumbling in every conceivable way, and its government is corrupt,... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 34 | Google, Diversity, and Silicon Valley's Political Tribalism A Google employee was recently fired for writing a rather innocuous, internally-circulated document about the company’s drive for diversity. So... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 35 | Tragedy at Charlottesville and The War of Escalation Racists took to the streets in Charlottesville, Virginia, and an innocent woman died in the chaos that ensued. It's simply the next chapter in... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 36 | Defending History and Art From the Culture Warriors It makes perfect sense to move controversial, loaded pieces of history and art to venues (like museums or private collections) where they belong.... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 37 | How Einstein Convinced FDR to Chase the Atomic Bomb Albert Einstein was a brilliant celebrity-scientist. FDR was one of the most beloved and respected Presidents in American history. This is the story... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 38 | Explaining (and Defending) the Nuclear Bombing of Japan In 1945, the United States dropped not one, but two nuclear bombs on Japan, ending World War II. The alternative to this controversial move? An... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 39 | When Political Violence Goes Mainstream, We All Lose Violence is rarely justified. Yet, its political use is being normalized by increasingly erratic and dangerous groups of extremists. It’s time for... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 40 | North Korea: A Problem With No Solution North Korea’s decades-long game of brinkmanship with the United States and its Asian allies is perhaps the world’s biggest international relations... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 41 | Solving America's Illegal Immigration Problem America’s illegal immigration problem has been raging for decades, and nothing ever gets solved. Instead of kicking the can down the road some more,... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 42 | Remembering 9/11 With Ret. FDNY Lt. Moriarty (Colin's Dad) September 11th, 2001 changed America forever, but for those unlucky enough to experience it firsthand, it left an inescapable -- and often haunting... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 43 | The Hypothetical Presidency of Colin Moriarty (Part I: How?/Why?) Your dreams have come true: Colin Moriarty is President of the United States. In this first of two videos dedicated to the topic revolves around the... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 44 | The Hypothetical Presidency of Colin Moriarty (Part II: Action) Part II of the Hypothetical Colin Moriarty as President video is all about “the what.” What will Colin do as president? What legislation will he... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 45 | Is Bernie Sanders Good For America? America’s most popular politician may just be America’s biggest hurdle in finding the common ground necessary to solve the United States’ myriad... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 46 | NFL Protests, Disrespecting the Flag, and the Brewing Culture War Colin's Last Stand is a fan-funded video series focusing on politics, history, and fantastic stories delving into both worlds. |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 47 | The Phantom Time Hypothesis: Are We Living in 2017 or 1720? The Phantom Time Hypothesis suggests that 297 years -- 614 CE to 911 CE -- never actually happened. It's the brainchild of a couple of German... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 48 | The Second Amendment is Worth Protecting The Second Amendment to the US Constitution outlines an American’s right to keep and bear firearms. It’s a contentious right -- especially in the... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 49 | 50 Unsung Heroes From History Colin’s Last Stand only exists because of the dedicated support of thousands of people who love politics and history. That’s why Episode 50 of CLS... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 50 | Are You Right Wing or Left Wing? Libertarian or Authoritarian? Spekr is a 100-question online test that attempts to identify your political ideology. Today, I go through each of the 100 questions and explain how... |
