Today is the one year anniversary of Gov. Rick Perry’s Presidential Campaign vs. Science. […]
Religious Right Watch
Rick Green’s Thoughtful Response to David Barton’s Critics
David Barton’s sidekick Rick Green has introduced his readership to a law of online discourse: Godwin’s Law of Nazi Analogies. After evangelical publisher Thomas Nelson hit the ‘unpublish’ button last week on Barton’s latest book, The Jefferson Lies, Green took to his blog to defend his WallBuilder’s Live co-host. Green goes after the “leftwing bloggers, […]
David Barton’s Very Bad Week in Review
The decision by Thomas Nelson Publishers to drop David Barton’s book, The Jefferson Lies, was, as we said, commendable. What it wasn’t is something that came out of nowhere. No, the tide against Barton had been building for some time as even those in Barton’s core audience began to sound the alarm. The backlash culminated […]
Breaking: Evangelical Publisher Pulls Barton’s Book on Jefferson
More to come on this, but huge news today as Thomas Nelson Publishing “decided to cease publication and distribution of David Barton’s controversial book, The Jefferson Lies.” Here is TFN’s press release. TFN COMMENDS THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHING FOR PULLING DAVID BARTON’S DISTORTED BOOK ON THOMAS JEFFERSON Barton’s The Jefferson Lies was the subject of a […]
Poll: Conservapedia’s 2012 Olympics Entry vs. 2012 TX GOP Platform
You’ve no doubt heard of Conservapedia, the website that bills itself as — for lack of a better term — the fair and balanced alternative to Wikipedia. The name Conservapedia should give you an indication of the kind of balance they offer. We recently got wind of Conservapedia’s chuckle-inducing entry on the 2012 Summer Olympics, […]
