Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
Recent Blogs
Fox News’ Huckabee: Get Your Facts Straight
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has some gall. In the wake of this week’s silly spat over the Doonesbury series of comic strips depicting a woman undergoing a state-forced transvaginal sonogram before getting a completely legal medical procedure, Huckabee called out Doonesbury author Garry Trudeau for not checking his facts. In doing so, Huckabee ironically […]
Poll Respondents: WHAT War on Religion?
The religious right insists that faith is under siege in America. Far-right leaders and pressure groups have pushed the “war on religion” trope for years now. Texas Gov. Rick Perry even used it during his doomed presidential campaign last December. Most recently, the right has argued that the Obama administration’s policy on insurance coverage for […]
TFN Launches SBOE Elections Online HQ
Ignorance isn’t a Texas value, but you wouldn’t know that by looking at the State Board of Education. The state board approves textbooks and curriculum standards for Texas public schools. That’s a lot of power. But for years now, right-wing ideologues on the board have censored American history, rejected established science and ignored the recommendations […]
Pat Robertson OKs Marijuana, Oral Sex
Seriously. Is the apocalypse upon us? Last week religious-right leader Pat Robertson declared that marijuana should be legal and treated like alcohol. Then yesterday he waded into the question of whether oral sex is sinful. From our friends at Right Wing Watch: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrU59B_pxfM] […]
