The Week in Quotes (May 15 – 21)
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
Jose Medina
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TFN Says Goodbye
Darn, there go our plans for the weekend. Word on the Internet is that the world will end Saturday. Since it’s on the Internet, it must be true. Especially if it’s on YouTube—it is, we checked—where state Rep. Leo Berman says those ‘Tubes are infallible. For the person who wins the Texas lotto on Saturday […]
Barton the Backpedaler
A couple of days ago we blogged that “It’s fascinating to watch religious-right extremists turn on each other.” Well, now you can listen to extremists backpedal like nobody’s business because they turned on each other. On his WallBuilders online radio show Monday, the radical right’s favorite (phony) historian David Barton took pains to explain away […]
Texas House Could Vote on Sex Ed Today
Today responsible, evidence-based sex education could get a vote on the floor of the Texas House of Representatives. State Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, has filed his Education Works! bill, HB 1624, as an amendment to important fiscal legislation pending in the House. The amendment, which the Texas Freedom Network supports, would direct school districts […]
The More You Know
Mike Huckabee is after your children! No, really, he is. The former Arkansas governor, who until last Saturday toyed with the idea of another run at the White House, has come out with a cartoon retelling of America’s history, available on DVD (and for $9.95 for the first episode). Below is a preview from the […]
