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, […]
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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 […]
‘Failure’ Is a Relative Term for Louisiana’s Private School Voucher Scheme
Vouchers drain tax dollars from neighborhood public schools to pay for tuition at private and religious schools that are unaccountable to taxpayers and not held to the same standards as public schools. State rules just issued for Louisiana’s radical new voucher scheme are a case in point — especially when it comes to defining and […]
Debbie Riddle Has An Idea
Social conservatives have long pointed to the constitutional bar on government-sponsored prayer in public schools as the source of many of society’s ills. Just last week, when a gunman opened fire in a crowded movie theater, some trotted out the “If only we had prayer in schools” argument as a solution for preventing such tragedies. […]
