In this video, podcast the pastor of the Calvary Church-Chino Hill (CA) reveals just how the Christian Right manipulates the past to promote its political agenda. I can’t tell whether these pastors are just ignorant or they are deliberately lying....
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One of Doug Mastriano’s dissertation committee members speaks out about his “dishonest” and “sloppy” work
Here is the latest on Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano’s “academic” career: One of the members of his dissertation committee called his work, “dishonest, sloppy, tinged with religious zealotry, and indifferent to facts that contradicted his claims.” The committee member...
Episode 91: “Providential History and the Pacific Northwest”
Did Marcus Whitman “save” Oregon? In this episode we talk with Sarah Koenig, author of Providence and the Invention of American History. She tells the story of a Protestant missionary to the Pacific Northwest and how his story provides a...
South Carolina will consider a bill that would require schools to use Trump’s 1776 Commission Report.
Here is Rob Way and Jared Kofsky of WCSC TV: South Carolina lawmakers are considering a bill that would require “instruction in United States foundational history” for all public middle and high school students in a way that is consistent...