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John Fea posted a must-read article on Patheos this morning about what can be learned from the debacle over The Jefferson Lies. He brings together many threads and items of relevance to the entire controversy. I hope those who still think criticisms of Barton’s history are only coming from Alinsky-inspired…
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Of late, David Barton and his staffer Rick Green have savaged me due to their perception that his book, The Jefferson Lies, was pulled by Thomas Nelson publishers because of our book Getting Jefferson Right. Green linked the professors who reviewed his book with the tactics of Hitler and Alinsky and…
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Former Dean and current Distinguished Professor of Government in the Robertson School of Government at Regent University, Charles Dunn, sent along an endorsement of Getting Jefferson Right. Dunn’s endorsement: “‘Getting Jefferson Right’ by Warren Throckmorton and Michael Coulter stands up for truth in scholarship against the scholarly problems found in…
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The UK Guardian covered the removal of Barton’s book today. Glenn Beck’s news site The Blaze reported on the removal of the book and carried a Barton v. Throckmorton section to be completed tomorrow. Here is a link to several more stories on the Barton controversy over The Jefferson Lies…
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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…
