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Round two between Jon Stewart and David Barton, 11pm eastern time. I imagine The Jefferson Lies will be the focus of the interview. Getting Jefferson Right should be available this week. Click the link to like it on Facebook. GJR is an eBook which will be available on Amazon.com. It carefully analyzes claim made about … Continue reading “David Barton will be on the Daily Show tonight”
Spoof alert – Taketh not this first part seriouslyeth. Washington, DC (HUH) – Today, Barack Obama pledged to introduce legislation which would allow the President to set days of public prayer and thanksgiving. Obama said he had come to recognize the importance of prayer to the nation and he believes the President should set the … Continue reading “Government to ministers: Preach or pay”
No TGIF for David Barton last week. First, the Wall Street Journal published a book review of The Jefferson Lies by Alan Pell Crawford which briefly takes apart the book. Crawford begins by agreeing with Barton that Jefferson’s connection to his slave Sally Hemming’s children has not been established. However, from there on, the review identifies … Continue reading “David Barton’s bad media day”
That is the title of an upcoming eBook I am publishing on Amazon.com along with fellow Grove City College professor of political science, Michael Coulter. We are greatly expanding the posts I did here examining and debunking claims by David Barton and others about Thomas Jefferson. Most of the book is new material and examines … Continue reading “Getting Jefferson Right: Fact Checking Claims About Our Third President”
David Barton will be coming out with a book called The Jefferson Lies next spring. I noted here that he is skilled at spreading them which will make the book entertaining at the least. As a service in the effort at offsetting lies about Thomas Jefferson, I thought it might be helpful to point Barton … Continue reading “Thomas Jefferson, civil government and religion”