A college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues
In the future, I might write a formal review of U-Turn: Restoring America to the Strength of its Roots by George Barna and David Barton, but for now I am going to offer some preliminary reactions to it. My first reaction was disappointment that George Barna would team up with document collector Barton. It is … Continue reading “Reactions to the New Book by George Barna and David Barton, Part One”
On April 28, David Barton is slated to speak at Urbana University in Ohio. With the title, “David Barton – an expert of historical and Constitutional issues,” the event is promoted on the school’s website. However, his presence there may not place Urbana on Barton’s list of a dozen acceptable colleges. The Barton event is … Continue reading “David Barton Slated to Speak at Urbana University April 28”
Michael Coulter is co-author with me of Getting Jefferson Right: Fact Checking Claims about Our Third President, and professor of political science and humanities at Grove City College. He recently penned this review of Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves by Henry Wiencek (New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2012) for a … Continue reading “Taskmaster of the Mountain: Michael Coulter on Henry Wiencek's Master of the Mountain”
On March 21, David Barton addressed “just war” theory on his Wallbuilders Live program and in the process he said the following about the destruction of Indian tribes. What happened was the Indian leaders said “they’re trying to change our culture” and so they declared war on all the white guys and went after the … Continue reading “After getting history wrong, David Barton claims he was misunderstood about the destruction of Indians”
In his WorldNetDaily column today, Bradlee Dean says: Friends, distorting American history is a deliberate lie, and lying is not permissible by law. Dean enters David Barton’s world to make several claims about Thomas Jefferson that we cover in our book Getting Jefferson Right: Fact Checking Claims about Our Third President. I’ll note them briefly … Continue reading “Bradlee Dean says distorting history is a lie and lying is against the law. Can I make a citizen's arrest?”