Institute on the Constitution Misrepresents Study of Founding Era

The following information comes from session two of the Institute on the Constitution’s course which is this week completing a 12-week run on the NRB network. Because I was unable to secure permission to show video clips of the course, I was reluctant at the time to discuss the errors in the presentation. However, this … Continue reading “Institute on the Constitution Misrepresents Study of Founding Era”

League of the South Gives Award Commemorating KKK Grand Wizard to Members for Street Fighting

At their conference in June, the League of the South gave the Nathan Bedford Forrest Award to Mathew Heimbach and Shane Long for their confrontation of May Day marchers in Washington, DC on May 1, 2013.  Nathan Bedford Forrest was the first Imperial Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and is an inspiring historical … Continue reading “League of the South Gives Award Commemorating KKK Grand Wizard to Members for Street Fighting”

David Barton: The Bible in Schools and Violent Crime

In two recent sermons (Whitesburg Baptist Church – AL; Crossroads Church – OK), David Barton told his audience that violent crime has increased 694% since the 1963 Supreme Court decision on Bible reading in schools. Barton cited Benjamin Rush as a founding father who believe the Bible should be in schools. According to Barton, Rush … Continue reading “David Barton: The Bible in Schools and Violent Crime”

After getting history wrong, David Barton claims he was misunderstood about the destruction of Indians

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”

David Barton Supports Texas Concealed Carry Gun Bill with Half the Story

The other half of the story undermines his position. On his WallbuildersLive program today, David Barton got sidetracked from the topic of recess appointments and on to guns on campus. During a break in his discussion with Rick Green, a child read a citation from Thomas Jefferson where Jefferson said persons should be “at all … Continue reading “David Barton Supports Texas Concealed Carry Gun Bill with Half the Story”