https://wthrockmorton.com/2019/12/13/mercury-one-exaggerates-relationship-with-the-lincoln-library-and-museum/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Mon, 16 Dec 2019 17:04:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://wthrockmorton.com/2019/12/13/mercury-one-exaggerates-relationship-with-the-lincoln-library-and-museum/#comment-105581 Mon, 16 Dec 2019 17:04:57 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=35410#comment-105581 I remember first hearing about David Barton in a book by Rob Boston of American United years and years ago. Boston thought he was pathetic. He still is, despite having amassed great power among the Religious Right. However, when it comes to grifiting, he is a grifter extraordinaire, as this episode with exploiting seemingly sophisticated museum executives who should know better.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2019/12/13/mercury-one-exaggerates-relationship-with-the-lincoln-library-and-museum/#comment-105553 Sat, 14 Dec 2019 10:56:02 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=35410#comment-105553 And for the love of heaven, nobody should hand over any historical documents to him! He will shove them together (and I do mean shove) in a bookcase, cram jam full, and he doesn’t own a pair of white gloves for when he drops them on a table and starts to leaf through them..

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