Fox News host Glenn Beck has a unique interpretation of the Founding Fathers: in part, he fancies them men of God and figures that they might have been okay with secession. But Beck has his own ...

Perhaps the least surprising revelation of the presidential cycle so far can be found in David Corn’s piece today on Dr. Ben Carson’s enthusiasm for the famous Bircher crank W. Cleon Skousen, best ...

Last year, Jeffrey Rosen wrote a short essay for the New York Times Magazine on what he called the “radical constitutionalism” of the tea partiers. He claimed that the constitutional positions of ...

An Arizona charter high school allegedly required its students to read a conservative author beloved by pundit Glenn Beck and considered one of the philosophical forebears of the tea party, according ...

I read with great interest a letter to the editor published Sunday, Nov. 12. I thought surely W. Cleon Skousen must be a great historical scholar. Some of his statements touted in his book “The Naked ...

Though I haven’t confirmed its veracity, I recall hearing some years ago that communists are outnumbered in the United States by Ku Klux Klan members — and I suspect that might still be the case today ...

On the advice of my physician, I do not watch or listen to Glenn Beck, preferring to follow his exploits via the serial bouts of hysteria he inspires in his fans. So it was news to me to learn that he ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. To hear Mitt Romney tell it, President Barack Obama’s three years at Harvard Law ...

A Washington D.C. groups says a Mesa-based charter school is teaching religion. Heritage Academy%27s founder says the school uses Cleon Skousen to teach history%2C not Christianity. Skousen has become ...

In 2009, Mitt Romney, who is now trying to campaign for president as a moderate, lent his star power to an unusual charitable project: celebrating right-wing talk show host Glenn Beck to raise money ...