[rwfromkansas]

I give him an F for not reporting the whole story. He posts crap without backup from the primary sources. That gets my ire up. The Puritans excommunicated a man in Boston for not having sex with his wife. That is something that shocks people when they hear it because it does not fit the Puritan sterotype. In regards to the witch trials, the poster posts his garbage as fact, all the while ignoring the conclusions of real experts like Perry Miller and Richard Trask, who have seen all the Salem Witchcraft primary source documents and conclude the trials were NOT over land disputes. Trask points out that land would not transfer to the accusing family even if the accused is executed.

[TIElniff]

"I give him an F for not reporting the whole story. He posts crap without backup from the primary sources."

OK. But you might not want to discourage him too much at this stage in the development of his scholarly life. Give him a break. How much did you understand about scholarship at his age? Or care?

I'm sure there are young prodigies who do understand and care at his age, but most of us weren't or aren't!