On Friday July 14, Iowa evangelicals gathered to hear GOP presidential candidates speak at The Family Leadership Summitt. The event was sponsored by Bob VanderPlaats‘s Family Leader organization and hosted by Tucker Carlson. The former Fox News host interviewed Tim...
Trump finally admitted that COVID was a serious threat. But the conservative commentators who keep the Trump train moving continue to push narratives that pose a threat to American lives. Here is Beinart at The Atlantic: Mainstream news descriptions of the...
According to this article at Penn Live, the 2020 reenactment at the Battle of Gettysburg has been canceled because Glenn Beck is hosting an event called “Restoring the Covenant on the Sacred Land of Gettysburg.” Beck’s event will “reflect on...
Here is Glenn Beck: Glenn Beck claims that, using a pen name, religious right pseudo-historian David Barton has helped write history books that are being used in schools all over the country. pic.twitter.com/GRkSg54W4V — Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) October 28,...
A few still exist, but most of them have lined-up with their Trump-controlled party. I can’t tell you how many times I hear from people who did not support Trump in 2016, but today defend him and his policies with...
This should be fun: HT: Nick Pruitt...
Over at EthicsDaily.com, Zach Dawes has a piece on a resolution that will go up for consideration this summer at the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. This all reminds me of the time Glenn Beck fans called me...
Earlier tonight I wrote a post about a David Barton and Glenn Beck plan to bring their pseudohistory to American schools. You can read it here. Since I published the post I received two excellent comments. I am re-posting them...
Watch: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUrgOB6Y9OE&w=640&h=360] It’s happening folks. Beck and Barton have raised a million dollars to teach kids how to use primary documents “against the progressives.” In other words, they are going to try to teach students that America was founded...
For the entire collection–both the Library of America line and the historian’s baseball line–click here....
Be careful. Glenn Beck can turn on you quickly. Especially when you suggest that he does not have a pipeline to God. Back in 2010, Thomas Kidd, a prolific historian and professor at Baylor University, was a guest on Beck’s...
First he said that the Constitution was inspired by God. And now this. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igmkooD5Phg&w=560&h=315] Why does Ted Cruz invite Beck to speak at his rallies?...
Glenn Beck says: Ted Cruz is God’s anointed candidate The Constitution is divinely-inspired After my Religion News Service piece was published last week in The Washington Post, a few people criticized me for getting Cruz wrong. Cruz is not a dominionist, they said....
I am still debating whether or not I should attend the annual meeting of the American Historical Association in Atlanta from January 7-10, 2016. Though I am not presenting anything at this year’s conference, and my new book will not […]
A few years ago when I wrote what turned into a controversial piece about Barack Obama’s faith, my office voicemail was filled with angry calls from Glenn Beck supporters. As it turns out, Beck mentioned my piece on his radio...
Can you bring something back that may have never existed? J.L. Bell at Boston 1775 is good. Very good. A group of Christian nationalist evangelical ministers known as “The Black Robed Regiment” has been in the news recently. Dan Fisher, the Oklahoma state...
He is the Time “Man of the Year.” Glenn Beck thinks he has Francis pegged: http://www.video.theblaze.com/shared/video/embed/embed.html?content_id=31264823&width=400&height=224&property=theblaze But I prefer Elizabeth Tenety’s take on him at The Washington Post. Tenety warns us that he will not please the Left or the Right....
Glenn Beck displayed some serious historical artifacts at his recent “Man in the Moon” event in Salt Lake City. Here is a video from a local Salt Lake City television station: http://player.ooyala.com/iframe.js#ec=BrcTkyZDoYD_ZabcHwgfh5YYlHjBtejQ&pbid=867d4282160b46dd950e18d5325c9ab8 Believe it or not, David Barton has something...
Will you be in Salt Lake City during the Independence Day? If so, you may want to check out Glenn Beck’s latest extravaganza: “Man in the Moon.” Here are some things you can experience: If you have $250 you can...
NOTE: A shorter version of this post appeared yesterday at The Way of Improvement Leads Home. The rumors are true. David Barton’s story about children with guns in a 19th century classroom came directly from Bendigo Shafter, a Louis L’Amour...
