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Times they are a-changin’. With retirement from the very serious Grove City College, I plan to write, make music, and laugh a lot. Tune in to find out what’s going on.

I write about Christian nationalism, religion, history, and politics. I once considered myself center right, now I am pretty firmly in the center, and am politically an independent. I agree with George Washington that party spirit is harmful.

A new music project has the same name as the substack: The Throckmorton Initiative. The musical style is instrumental, designed to provide a reflective background to reading and studying. Listen at Amazon or Spotify or just about anywhere you get your digital music. More music is on the way.

To get a more detailed background about me, click here.

The first thing I did after retirement was complete the second edition of Getting Jefferson Right: Fact Checking Claims about Our Thomas Jefferson. Co-author Michael Coulter and I released this book on November 1, 2023.

The second project was a podcast series titled Telling Jefferson Lies. It has gone on now 24 episodes with perhaps a couple more bonus episodes to come. It is ranked in the top 3% of all podcasts.