David Barton appeared on Glenn Beck’s GBTV yesterday to talk about the controversial 2012 Republican Party Platform, which he says includes 70 motions made by him. 70! “It’s all good stuff. I mean, this is worth reading. It’s really good stuff.” Watch: (h/t Right Wing Watch) […]
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SBOE Candidate: Dorothy Olmos
Because of redistricting, all 15 seats on the Texas State Board of Education will be up for grabs in the November 2012 elections. The results of those elections will determine whether the religious right’s corrosive influence over public education will weaken or grow as the board considers what the next generation of public school students […]
Bill Nye the Science Guy Appeals to Grownups
Bill Nye the Science Guy has gone viral with a new web video that simply must be shared with TFN Insider readers. In the vid, Nye makes an appeal to the grownups: And I say to the grownups, if you want to deny evolution and live in your world, in your world that’s completely inconsistent […]
The Week in Quotes (Aug. 19 – 25)
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
Your Morning Reads: The Case Against School Vouchers
Later this morning we’ll be at the state Senate Committee on Education hearing that will take up school vouchers. As we told you yesterday — and as we’ll be telling the committee today — vouchers are always a bad idea. But at time when school district budgets have been slashed, a scheme that drains even […]
