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Texas Textbook Critics Just Can't Handle the Truth

Published June 04, 2010

“You can’t handle the truth!” This is not only a famous line from a movie, but it’s also a perfect line to describe the unbalanced attacks on Texas State Board of Education members after their passage of good American history and social studies standards for students.
Attack On Desert Cross Like Desecrating a Gravesite

Published May 12, 2010

The attack by vandals on the Mojave Desert War Memorial Cross is an outrage, akin to desecrating people’s graves.
Why the Texas Textbook Wars Matter to Every American

Published March 11, 2010

What your kids learn about historical figures like Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein most likely depends on what happens in Texas in the next two days.