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Can Reason Save Texas?

Reason magazine is running a multimedia series, “Reason saves Cleveland.” One of the episodes is titled “Fix the Schools.” After Reason is finished saving Cleveland from urban decline, I propose that staffers head out to the Lone Star state and save Texas from theocrats,  who have hijacked the public school curriculum.  Nor is that abomination…Continue Reading…

The Texas Perversion

It’s been on public display this past week. As the NYT reports: After three days of turbulent meetings, the Texas Board of Education on Friday approved a social studies curriculum that will put a conservative stamp on history and economics textbooks, stressing the superiority of American capitalism, questioning the Founding Fathers’ commitment to a purely…Continue Reading…