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To: greatvikingone
there is no such thing as a “conservative historian”.

Of course there is. In fact the very father of American conservatism, Russell Kirk was himself a "conservative historian." Some other good conservative historians are Paul Kengor, Bruce Herschensohn, Niall Ferguson, and Victor Davis Hanson. There are many versions of history. There is conservative history and liberal history. Liberal history teaches things like FDR's New Deal saved us from the Great Depression. Conservatives know that many liberal lies are taught as "history."

87 posted on 03/12/2012 7:54:48 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Historians either tell the truth or they don’t, there are not “many versions”. As for FDR and the New Deal, that should be taught as “social studies” as we lack the perspective to call it history. Historical research used to be about understanding the past, all the books you see now about “history” that happened 5, 10, 50 years ago is about the almighty dollar and publishing for fame.


89 posted on 03/13/2012 2:16:40 AM PDT by greatvikingone
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