We warned you. Over the weekend we noted that Monday’s scheduled hearing in the state House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee on HB 911 by Rep. Leo Berman, R-Tyler, and HB 3027 by Rep. Randy Weber, R-Pearland, had the potential to turn into a “Muslim hate-a-palooza.” Sometimes we hate being right. […]
Who would even ask such a ridiculous question in the 21st century? Apparently lots of people. From a recent story in the Washington Post entitled “Five myths about why the South seceded”: One hundred fifty years after the Civil War began, we’re still fighting it — or at least fighting over its history. I’ve polled […]
Uh-oh. Were Don McLeroy and other creationists on the Texas State Board of Education right when they demanded that people “stand up to experts” and declare that evolution is bad science? That global warming is “hooey”? Well, it looks like the folks at Scientific American are throwing in the towel. “There’s no easy way to […]
How did we miss this? In an open letter to his fellow Republicans last December, Texas GOP king-maker — and anti-gay, religious right zealot — Steve Hotze lays out an argument for why his party should refrain from demonizing Latinos — basically because “Hispanic culture in America is Christian, pro-family, pro-life” and (by the way) […]
TFN President Kathy Miller: New Leadership Needed on State Board of Education Sen. Deuell’s Statement That Lowe Lacks Votes for Confirmation as Chair Is Good News for Texas Schoolchildren FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 11, 2011 Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller is releasing the following statement in response to a report in the Texas Tribune […]
