Remember how I told you that Republicans in Texas were attempting to make a few “minor” changes to their state’s K-12 history textbooks, like removing any mention of that little “separation of church and state” thing? Well, it looks like they’ve made some tremendous headway in the last few days. Since we last discussed it, […]
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Rewriting history in Texas
Posted in Church and State, Education, History, Politics Also tagged a wall of separation between Church & State, Alamo, asshole Republicans of Texas, asshole Republicans of Texas who are rewriting American history books, Bruce Maiman, Christian nation, founding fathers, Jefferson Davis, Joe McCarthy, John Calvin, Mary Helen Berlanga, Orwellian, removal of the word democratic, rewriting history, social studies, St. Thomas Aquinas, Tejanos, Texas, Texas Education Board, Texas Freedom Network, Thomas Jefferson 13 Comments
Michael Pollan: “suddenly the health insurers will have an interest in your health”
Food writer Michael Pollan, the man responsible for “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” visited the Daily Show yesterday, where he had the following exchange with Jon Stewart: Pollan: I think we need to recognize that cheap food has a very high cost. In terms of health. In terms of the environment. And that cost is getting paid […]
Posted in Food, Politics Also tagged American history, asshole Republicans, asshole Republicans of Texas, asshole Republicans of Texas who are rewriting American history books, Daily Show, dialysis, farm subsidies, fast food, healthcare reform, high-fructose corn syrup, Jon Stewart, Michael Pollan, obesity, suddenly the health insurers will have an interest in your health, The Omnivore's Dilemma 13 Comments