The New York Times Magazine published a very good piece this weekend on the Texas State Board of Education, it’s Christian exceptionalist members and their motivations. The piece is called “How Christian were the Founders?“. It’s long, but thourough and fair. I recommend it. One of the last points Russell Shorto makes at the end …
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Feb 12 2010
NY Times Magazine covers the Texas SBOE
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current events, Cynthia Dunbar, David Barton, education, Texas State Board of Education
by Jen Peeples
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Jan 12 2010
Propagandists to the Rescue!
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Cynthia Dunbar, David Barton, education, propaganda, Texas Freedom Network, Texas State Board of Education
by Jen Peeples
The Texas State Board of Education has been a constant source of annoyance and frustration for people like me, who value church-state separation. The current board is packed with creationists and religious ideologues who have lost touch with reality, not to mention their mission as educators. Here’s a sampling: Board member Cynthia Dunbar has called …
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Dec 09 2009
This just in: Dunbar not running for another SBOE term
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Brian Russell, Cynthia Dunbar, education, ID/creationism, politics, Texas, Texas Freedom Network, xian sleaze
From a TFN email I just got: We wanted TFN members and supporters to be among the first to learn about developing news at the State Board of Education. News reports today revealed that Cynthia Dunbar, R-Richmond, has decided not to run for re-election to her seat on the Texas State Board of Education. As …
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Jan 30 2009
Democrats wake up and take the SBOE debacle seriously
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Cynthia Dunbar, education, evolution, ID/creationism, politics, Texas, Texas Freedom Network
The first step in de-moronizing the Texas State Board of Education has begun. In past years the Democrats have ill-advisedly ignored the SBOE, preferring more high-profile races in Texas politics. But with the current board overrun by anti-science creationist wackaloons who are turning the entire state into fodder for late-night comedians, the Dems are finally …
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Nov 07 2008
The heat is on Dunbar
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anti-intellectualism, Christian Worldview Network, Cynthia Dunbar, ID/creationism, politics, Scientology, stupidity, Texas, xian sleaze
Cynthia Dunbar took a pounding today on the editorial pages of the usually staid Austin-American Statesman, in a blistering piece that rightfully excoriates her as “an embarrassment who has brought heaping amounts of ridicule to this state,” and “a disgrace to public education and an embarrassment to Texas.” But on top of her utterly asinine …
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