In
2012, David Barton's popular analysis of Thomas Jefferson was pulled by the
book's publisher, Thomas Nelson, based on what appears to have been an academic
putsch designed to protect the now popular view of the third president as a
secular deist and hypocritical slave-holding philanderer. This uprising
was led by a motley intellectual crew who, for the most part, had little or no
expertise in the subject matter at issue.
The
re-release of The Jefferson Lies by WND Books begins with an
extended preface in which the author discusses the largely picayune objections
raised against his original work – primarily by a psychology professor from
Grove City College, Warren Throckmorton. These somewhat arcane refutations
should have been placed at the end of the work – allowing Barton's clear and
convincing evidence to speak first for itself. That evidence primarily
concerns "lies" about Jefferson's relationship with his slave, Sally
Hemings, "lies" about Jefferson's supposed hypocrisy vis-à-vis slavery,
"lies" about the ex-president's position concerning the separation of
church and state, and "lies" related to Jefferson's religious
beliefs.
Barton's most startling revelation concerns
the brazenly dishonest claim that DNA evidence proved that Jefferson fathered
one of Sally Hemings's children. This blockbuster story in Nature
magazine (November 5, 1998) was splashed with gusto all over the national
media. The retraction of this "proof" came eight weeks later
– with all the impact of an obscure page 16 correction…….
(Full
text at link below)
So who should read The Jefferson Lies? Anyone who thinks Thomas Jefferson and William Jefferson Clinton have a lot in common, anyone who thinks Thomas Jefferson supported the modern notion of "separation of church and state," anyone who thinks Jefferson was a hypocritical racist, and anyone who thinks academia and the publishing world aren't partisan cesspools.
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