David Barton’s Jefferson Lies: The Immigration and Healthcare Edition

Chris Rodda has done it again. Although I can’t add much to this take down of David Barton, I want my readers to be aware of it. Let me summarize and further illustrate Rodda’s excellent post. On the March 9 edition of Wallbuilders Live radio program, Barton took a question from a listener about immigration. … Continue reading “David Barton’s Jefferson Lies: The Immigration and Healthcare Edition”

How to Use Bad Situations to Teach Good Lessons – David Barton's The Jefferson Lies in Foundations of History

Most of my professor colleagues use negative events in the news to teach various lessons. For instance, I have used Mark Driscoll’s plagiarism to teach my students about plagiarism. I feel sure many profs have used Monica Crowley’s plagiarism to teach about that subject. I also refer to David Barton’s faux doctorate to help my … Continue reading “How to Use Bad Situations to Teach Good Lessons – David Barton's The Jefferson Lies in Foundations of History”

Jewish Voice's Jonathan Bernis Goes Tin Foil Hat Over David Barton's The Jefferson Lies

I had a hard time with the title for this one. In a video dated today but out last week, Trump supporting self-styled historian David Barton told a Jewish Voice audience that the Constitution contains the exact words of the Bible and that his book The Jefferson Lies corrects the record on Jefferson. Often Barton … Continue reading “Jewish Voice's Jonathan Bernis Goes Tin Foil Hat Over David Barton's The Jefferson Lies”

George Marsden on The Jefferson Lies and Getting Jefferson Right

Thomas Kidd called George Marsden “the greatest historian of American religion of the past generation.” In The Jefferson Lies, Barton cited Marsden as an authority. In Marsden’s 2014 book titled The Twilight of the American Enlightenment: The 1950s and the Crisis of Liberal Belief, he described David Barton’s The Jefferson Lies as an effort to make … Continue reading “George Marsden on The Jefferson Lies and Getting Jefferson Right”

David Barton May or May Not Have a PhD and Promotes the First Edition of The Jefferson Lies

Recently, David Barton appeared on Dove TV and was in rare form. He was on to promote The Jefferson Lies book, but I think he is confused about which edition he is supposed to describe. He told stories about material that was in the first edition but not the second. More on that below. To … Continue reading “David Barton May or May Not Have a PhD and Promotes the First Edition of The Jefferson Lies”