The Tony Michaels Podcast
The Tony Michaels Podcast is no longer publishing new episodes. Regular publication ended in July 2026, and this feed remains online as an archive of more than 1,100 episodes about American politics, constitutional accountability, concentrated power, democracy and working people.
Tony Michaels now creates Five Minutes in America, a weekday radio and podcast storytelling series, and Along the Way, a weekly program about personal growth, citizenship and building a meaningful life. Both are published by The Coffman Chronicle.
Follow Tony’s current work and listen to Five Minutes in America:
https://www.thecoffmanchronicle.com/s/five-minutes-in-america
Along the Way is also published by The Coffman Chronicle.
The Tony Michaels Podcast
Why America Keeps Looking for a King | TMP #1083
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
America didn’t wake up in a ditch overnight.
Like a washed-out country road, the damage to our republic has been building beneath the surface for years.
Today’s Opening Argument begins in a small American town where a road has washed out, a mayor is standing in the mud, and everyone wants the same thing:
“Fix it.”
But one person cannot rebuild a road, run a town, spend public money, and answer to the people all by himself. That is not weakness. That is self-government.
And somewhere between towns like Maple Creek and Pennsylvania Avenue, America forgot that lesson.
The presidency was never supposed to be an Iron Throne. Congress was never supposed to be a Small Council. And the American people were never supposed to be subjects choosing which political house gets to rule over them.
We do not need a better king.
We need our republic back.
Read more at The Coffman Chronicle:
https://www.thecoffmanchronicle.com
Get the free Squawk Boss Coffee Freshness Guide:
https://WakeUpYourCoffee.com
