A college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues
Last week, historian Thomas Kidd described a subset of evangelicals who are reluctant Republicans. Inspired by the term paleoconservative, he calls them paleo evangelicals. These evangelicals, according to Kidd, are suspicious of American civil religion, and skeptical that much good comes from allegiance to any political party. Although conservative, paleos do not agree with the … Continue reading “Who Are the Paleo Evangelicals?”
While I am recovering, I have a lot of time to read. Currently, I am reading David Barton’s Setting the Record Straight: American History in Black & White, The Founders’ Bible, Jonathan Merritt’s A Faith of Our Own and Henry Wiencek’s new book Master of the Mountain about Jefferson as slave owner. Thus far, I am … Continue reading “Book Note: Henry Wiencek’s Master of the Mountain”
Yesterday, on his Wallbuilder’s website, David Barton responded to Getting Jefferson Right. He also had strong words for Clay Jenkinson and Alan Pell Crawford, two other critical reviewers of The Jefferson Lies. There is much I could respond to, but I will limit myself to some general responses and then issue a challenge to Barton. … Continue reading “My Response to David Barton”
Of course we did. I have referred to the original table of texts used by Jefferson on this blog to point out where David Barton incorrectly added some miracles to his account of the Jefferson Bible. They are also in Getting Jefferson Right. I pointed out here and we provided in the book the subscriber’s lists proving … Continue reading “Did we refer to original sources in Getting Jefferson Right?”
Maybe. Two executives, Allan Pizzato and Pauline Howard, were fired with no reason given on Tuesday. One of those fired gave no specific reason but another provided a hypothesis: Howland, deputy director and chief financial officer, described the firings in an interview with Current and said she was “baffled” by the dismissals. But she also recalled how … Continue reading “Did Alabama Public Television fire executives over David Barton’s videos?”