The Atheist Experience in Austin Texas talks about the developments for Texas’ board of education election this year. It’s not exactly a clear, sweeping victory for science and reason, but McElroy is well and truly out, having been knocked out in the primary. We’ll see how things shake out, but it does allow a spark ...

Conservative Vision Ascendant In Latest TX History Textbooks Draft; Gingrich, Schlafly Back In; because what social studies text books need is more emphasis on the positive cultural contributions of the NRA. No, really. I’m not even making this up. Of course, the best bit come from TPM’s previous post on this topic: In a note ...

I meant to post this link last week, but the horrifying detonation of my digestive tract on Wednesday kind of distracted me. My best friend Kat, who teaches first grade, sent this story to me: Museum Field Trip Deemed Too Revealing The basic story seems to be that a teacher took her class on a ...

For about five minutes, I had a little flutter of hope in my heart when Don McElroy was given the boot from the Texas Board of Education. He was an infamous creationist stooge, and every time I heard his name, I cringed. While I’m not Texan myself, I’m well aware of the influence that Texas ...