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Opinion: Will Durst's 2010 Xmas Wish List

Wishing you all a Very Happy Merry. And no, I'm not falling into that trap. You go out and dance to the beat of whichever winter festival you want to celebrate. Christmas. Hanukkah, Kwanza, Saturnalia, Solstice, noon Tuesday, 420, a December date equal to the square root of the number 625. Whatever. And good on ya. As we...

Texas Board of Ed Votes to Correct 'Pro-Islam' Textbooks

(Sept. 24) -- The Texas State Board of Education approved a resolution today that requires publishers to correct a "pro-Islamic/anti-Christian bias" in future world history textbooks. The resolution, which narrowly passed 7-6, cites instances of an alleged emphasis on unfavorable events in Christian history as told in...

Texas Textbooks Massacre: Not So Scary After All

(May 25) -- Late last week, the Texas Board of Education, in a party line vote, passed a series of controversial changes to the state's social studies standards. Among them: Joseph McCarthy was right, Thomas Jefferson was wrong, etc. Board members had also attempted to rechristen the slave trade the "Atlantic triangular...

Background on Texas Board of Education

The Texas Education Agency (TEA, each letter pronounced separately) is a branch of the state government of Texas in the United States responsible for public education.

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