I live in a largely Jewish neighborhood, and my Jewish neighbors are apparently being targeted to become Messianic Jews by something called Israel Restoration Ministries. On everybody’s doorstep this morning (including mine since they were blanketing the neighborhood) was a little booklet written by a guy named Tom Cantor. I normally just chuck stuff like …
Monthly Archive: July 2012
Jul 30 2012
It’s Muttday!
I don’t know about the rest of you dog lovers, but I’ve had just about enough of the overrepresentation of cats on the internet — and even right here on FTB! Face it, you cat lovers who think your “Caturday” posts are so cool, dogs are just cooler than cats, and can be every bit as …
Jul 29 2012
My Mom’s New Book
I know that there are a lot of FTB readers who know me best for my history work, and that some of you people are into history in general, and not just the debunking of the Christian nationalist historical lies that I do, so I thought I’d let you know about an interesting new book …
Jul 28 2012
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to Help Fulfill the “Great Commission”
I was just reading Justin Griffith’s post about the “Pentecostal fans of Newt Gingrich” marriage seminar at Fort Meade, and thought I’d share the latest similar thing to come in at MRFF. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska (a base that has been on MRFF’s radar for quite a while) is really ramping up the fundamentalist …
Jul 18 2012
Barton’s “Jefferson Lies” Voted Worst History Book in Print
I had heard about this contest run by the History News Network to find “the least credible history book in print,” and I had heard that David Barton’s recent bestseller The Jefferson Lies had taken the “prize,” but I didn’t expect this to get as much attention as it’s getting. I am, of course, thrilled to …
Jul 15 2012
Here’s the Video I Mentioned During our FTB Podcast
I just participated in my first FTB podcast with PZ Myers, Ashley Miller, and JT Eberhard, the main topic of which was education. PZ has the podcast up on his blog here. While we were on the subject of textbooks, I mentioned an excellent video by Bruce Wilson and Rachel Tabachnick of Talk2Action that exposes just what’s being taught …
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