Last night’s State Board of Education elections marked another big step toward an end to the culture wars in Texas public school classrooms. With the defeat of incumbent Charlie Garza, R-El Paso, the state board’s faction of far-right ideologues should be smaller next year than at any time since before the 2006 elections. Zooming out […]
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Vote Today: The Education of Millions of Texas Schoolchildren Is on the Line
Yes, there’s a presidential election today. But when you step into the voting booth, don’t forget to pay special attention to the races for the State Board of Education. Because of redistricting, all 15 board seats are up for grabs this year. (You can find a listing of all the state board candidates on the […]
In the World of Cathie Adams, Union Workers Getting Out the Vote Are ‘Thugs’
Cathie Adams, head of the far-right Texas Eagle Forum, is in Ohio with other conservative evangelical activists to help get Republican voters to the polls in Tuesday’s presidential election. But in her parallel universe, in which democracy apparently is a one-way street, activists working to get out the vote among Democrats are little more than […]
Detestable David Barton Suggests President Obama Was Complicit in the Murder of U.S. Ambassador to Libya
How low can David Barton go? Lower than any responsible American could have imagined, apparently. On his WallBuilders Live radio/Internet program today, Barton suggested that President Obama allowed last month’s attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, to happen so that it would be easier to pass an international “anti-blasphemy” ban protecting Islam from […]
‘The Revisionaries’ Held Over in Austin
“The Revisionaries,” the award-winning documentary about the textbook wars at the Texas State Board of Education, is getting another week-long run at Austin’s Violet Crown Cinema. If you didn’t get a chance to catch this must-see film last week, make the time to go between now and November 8. “The Revisionaries” is an unprecedented behind-the-scenes […]
