Warren Throckmorton
Getting Jefferson Right at Religion Dispatches
Today, Religion Dispatches published a review of Getting Jefferson Right by history professor Paul Harvey. Harvey is also blogmeister at Religion in American History blog. While Harvey is skeptical that our book will change many minds of those committed to Barton’s faux history, I see it differently. I am encouraged that exposure of these issues…
Read MoreUganda’s clergy calls on Parliament to pass the Anti-Homosexuality Bill
I have written a headline like that several times since 2009. However, in 2012, the calls still come: In a statement, the bishops called for the review of the Constitution to reduce the excessive powers enjoyed by the President. Orombi said there is need to enact a law to protect the sitting President from being…
Read MoreGetting Jefferson Right on WORD-FM today
I will be on the Pittsburgh station, WORD-FM at 5:10pm to discuss The Jefferson Lies and Getting Jefferson Right. You can listen live by clicking the player at the top of the page… Have you gotten your copy of Getting Jefferson Right yet?
Read MoreExodus International speaks out against FRC’s award winner
Being all into American history lately, I have missed some things. Like the Family Research Council giving an award to a guy who loves to hear himself vilify those he claims to love. Well, actually I don’t know if he has claimed to love gays or not. Exodus, sounding a prophetic tone, released this statement…
Read MoreMuseveni backs wife to take over as Uganda’s President
Yowari Museveni will apparently not provoke a Constitutional crisis and remain in office after age 75 but he is backing his wife as the NRM standard bearer when he retires. This according to the East African: Apparently, First Lady Janet Kataaha Museveni has emerged as the preferred successor to the president, with the full backing…
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