by Stephen Fox » Wed Feb 03, 2016 4:21 pm
Hats off to KeithE for review of this topic.
Olsen did a great job on Molly Worthen a couple years ago. I think he devoted three blogs to it, naming Francis Schaeffer a "charlatan".
But he misses the forest for the trees in his reaction to Pierce.
Both of them, and Brian Kaylor at ED.com could better use their time and print to focus on Pressler and how SBC history got us to this point, latest case in point Thomas Powers review of Wuthno's Rough Country.
Just today, theatlantic.com has a piece on how Pressler and Jesse Helms--adding what I know to what they print--were driven by the John Birch politics of the Harris County Oil Community. That's what made Reagan's run in 76 when Helms helped him take North Carolina.
Pierce, Olsen and others should join me on the history that really matters now with Cruz propelled out of Iowa.
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