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Tim LaHaye, David Barton, and Russell Vought: Pseudoscience, Pseudohistory, and Christian Nationalism

by Paul Braterman Paul Braterman is Professor Emeritus in Chemistry, University of North Texas, and Honorary Research Fellow (formerly Reader) at the University of Glasgow. His research has involved topics related to the early Earth and the origins of life, and...

Top 10 Posts of 2024 on rightingamerica

by William Trollinger Movie poster for Fly Old Bird: Escape to the Ark (2024). Image via IMDB. It was another good year for rightingamerica, both in the variety of authors’ voices and topics, and in the number and variety of viewers. Below are the top ten read...

Weaponizing Amish Culture: NPR Academic Minute and Interview with Susan Trollinger

Susan Trollinger is Professor of English at the University of Dayton. Among other publications, she is the author of Selling the Amish: The Tourism of Nostalgia (Johns Hopkins, 2012). She is also co-author (with William Trollinger) of Righting America at the Creation...