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Why is David Barton Ducking Debates About his Work? 06/12/2012 by Kyle Mantyla Last year, Warren Throckmorton began writing a series of blog posts about the false claims made by David Barton about Thomas Jefferson, which eventually culminated in a new …

Right Wing Round-Up 08/22/2011 by Kyle Mantyla Peter Montgomery @ Religion Dispatches : Paranoia and the Progressive Press: A Response to WaPo’s Religion Columnist. Alvin McEwen : 16 reasons why the Family Research Council is a hate group. John Fea : …

David Barton Is Not A Historian 07/05/2011 by Kyle Mantyla As we have noted before, actual historians tend to agree that David Barton is not a historian but rather a Religious Right activist who intentionally misrepresents history in order to promote his …

Right Wing Round-Up 05/31/2011 by Kyle Mantyla PFAW : Why is the GOP keeping women and people of color off the bench? Joanna Brooks @ Religion Dispatches : Mormons & Romney Presidency “Dangerous” According to Evangelical Author. Layla Pena @ Iowa …

Historians Agree: David Barton Is No Historian 05/11/2011 by Kyle Mantyla David Barton has been in the spotlight lately.  In recent weeks, he was featured in a New York Times profile, interviewed on "The Daily Show ," and was even the focus on a long …

Fact Checking Barton Part IV: "I Never Had To Retract A Single Thing" 05/05/2011 by Brian Tashman The Daily Show - Exclusive - David Barton Extended Interview Pt. 2 Tags: Daily Show Full Episodes , Political Humor & Satire Blog , The Daily Show on …

The Founding Fathers Had a National Motto: E Pluribus Unum 03/22/2011 by Kyle Mantyla Rep. Randy Forbes is on a mission to pass a resolution affirming that the national motto "In God We Trust" and House Republicans are playing right along , so it is no …

Random Book Blogging: The Faith of the Founding Fathers 03/11/2011 by Kyle Mantyla In the final episode of "Random Book Blogging" based on John Fea's " Was America Founded As a Christian Nation?: A Historical Introduction ," I want to highlight two …

Random Book Blogging: The Godless Constitution 03/10/2011 by Kyle Mantyla In the last "Random Book Blogging" post , we excerpted a few sections from John Fea's " Was America Founded As a Christian Nation?: A Historical Introduction " where he explained …

Random Book Blogging: The Declaration of Independence Did Not Establish a Christian Nation 03/08/2011 by Kyle Mantyla I am continuing my "Random Book Blogging" posts this week with another excerpt from John Fea's " Was America Founded As a Christian …