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Rick Green, David Barton’s right hand man at Wallbuilders, uses some creative and colorful language to address those who have examined David Barton’s claims about Thomas Jefferson. Question: What do elitist professors have in common with Adolf Hitler & Saul Alinsky? Answer: They masterfully use the powerful art of innuendo to falsely…
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That was fast. On the Wallbuilders Facebook page, Barton writes the book will rise again. See also this email to his supporters. I might have more to say when the publisher is announced but until then, consider this an open forum on the matter… John Fea has some thoughts on…
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World Magazine is reporting that Thomas Nelson publishers has ceased publication of The Jefferson Lies by David Barton. Thomas Kidd reports: Casey Francis Harrell, Thomas Nelson’s director of corporate communications, told me the publishing house “was contacted by a number of people expressing concerns about [The Jefferson Lies].” The company…
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Today, Rod Dreher has a reaction to the NPR segment from yesterday posted at the American Conservative. Go read the whole thing but here is the money: Count me as a conservative Christian who is alarmed by this kind of thing. I hate it when secular liberals distort history to…
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This article by Greg Forster is an absolutely devastating critique of David Barton’s writing on John Locke. Forster leads off: I’m not a scholar of Thomas Jefferson, but I am a scholar of John Locke. Barton has an article about Locke on his website, so I thought I’d weigh in with my opinion on whether it matches…
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Tune in to the first hour (around 35 minutes in) of All Things Considered to hear a profile by Barbara Bradley Hagerty of David Barton with John Fea, Ray McMillian (one of the pastors boycotting Thomas Nelson), Mat Staver and me talking about Barton’s history. After the show airs, I…
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A group of evangelical pastors in Cincinnati says a popular but controversial book about Thomas Jefferson rewrites history and excuses the founding father for owning slaves. Read the rest…
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Subtitled, “Christian critics challenge WallBuilders president on America’s founders,” this World Magazine article by Thomas Kidd (Baylor University) opens the door on a controversy that has been building for the past several months. Several weeks ago, Jay Richards, Fellow at the Discovery Institute, began a process of asking conservative professors to…
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This week, Michael Coulter and I are going to present a series of reactions to an eight minute YouTube video of David Barton’s Capitol Tour. Sponsored by the Family Research Council, the video provides narration from Barton speaking in the Rotunda of the Capitol. First, I am going to revisit…
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A new study from Gerulf Rieger and Ritch Savin-Williams confirms the relationship between sexual desire and pupil dilation. While this relationship has been known for some time, now it is possible to measure the dilation with precision. In doing so, the authors report significant relationships between self-reported sexual orientation and…
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