Blogger and psychology professor Warren Throckmorton has a new piece up exposing how David Barton, the pseudo-historian who founded the religious-right organization WallBuilders in Texas, is trying to cover up errors in his historical work. Barton’s apparent strategy: revise his claims but don’t tell anyone about those corrections. Throckmorton points out how a Barton tour […]
Recent Blogs
Brilliant Takedown of Right-Wingers Who Claim Gay People Are Victimizing Them
Monday night the brilliant writers at The Daily Show offered a classic takedown of right-wing evangelicals who claim gay and lesbian activists bully and even beat up Christians and straight people. “The Christians that I talked to are intimidated,” Idaho pastor and radio host Matt Slick tells Samantha Bee of The Daily Show. “They’ll often […]
Texas Congressman Points to Masturbating Fetuses to Justify Proposed Abortion Ban
As the nation focuses on concerns like jobs and health care, congressional Republicans have turned their attention to a favorite cause of right-wing culture warriors: banning abortion. So on Monday, Texas Congressman Michael Burgess, R-Lewisville, offered his reasons for why the U.S. House of Representatives should pass a new anti-abortion bill that bars women from […]
Want to Know Why Texas Is STILL Arguing about Evolution?
Many have been mystified that, even in the 21st century, Texas remains embroiled in a heated debate over evolution. In 2008 and 2009, for example, creationists on and off the State Board of Education insisted that new science curriculum standards for Texas public schools include requirements that would open classroom doors to anti-evolution junk science. […]
The Week in Quotes (June 9 – 15)
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
