Avoiding Biased History

It is completely normal for a person to have biased political views in a democracy such as the United States. But where do these biased views come from?

This podcast argues that one's biased political views partly come from one's biased interpretation of United States history, whether a conservative interpretation or a liberal one.

The Pledge of Allegiance was written by a left-wing socialist, yet conservatives claim ownership of the Pledge today. Why?

Find out on this latest episode of Biased History.

Joe McCarthy of the 1950s and Donald Trump of the 21st century are not identical historical figures. But both Trump and McCarthy touched a political nerve in their respective Americas that both inspired part of the country as well as divided America at the same time.

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After Pearl Harbor, conservatives and liberals combined to create the "John Wayne Memory" of World War II. Leftists countered with a more complicated and nuanced interpretation entitled the "Howard Zinn Memory" of World War II.

Which is more un-American in 2023, Marxism or Neo-McCarthyism? Biased History takes a look at Mark R. Levin's 2021 work, "American Marxism."

Is the Obama-Trump-Biden era the most divisive in American history? History is dominated by continuity and change. Biased history points out ten other divisive times in American history. Historical perspective teaches Americans that 2023 may not be as bad as previously believed.

Many Baby Boomers remember that religion was at the center of American culture when the churches were filled during the 1950s and 1960s. Kevin Kruse's book, "One Nation Under God: How Corporate America invented Christian Christian America" argues that an alliance of capitalists and religious leaders such as Billy Graham manipulated religion to combat FDR's big government New Deal.

Biased History takes a look at Jason Steinhauer's "History Disrupted: How Social Media and the World Wide Web have changed the Past." How have Facebook, Instagram, Wikipedia, and Twitter affected the study of history?

Biased History analyzes conservative Fox News host Pete Hegseth's "Battle for the American Mind." Co-authored by David Goodwin, this book argues that the progressives ruined public education by instituting Marxist ideas. Some liberal pushback is given to the book's thesis.

This version of Biased History examines the book, "Criminal Injustice: What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who it Hurts the Most" from Conservative author Rafael A. Mangual. Some liberal pushback to Mangual's main Conservative points are made.