Is Texas School Board Stupid or Just Nasty?

By a 9-5 vote the Texas state school board passed a series of sweeping changes to their public school system that will institute right-wing political changes to the curriculum. Among other changes, the right-wingers want Jefferson Davis, a convicted traitor to his country, elevated to a status equal to Abraham Lincoln, at least in terms of students' knowledge of each man's inaugural addresses.

The right-wingers hope that this will serve to brainwash Texas children, while liberals are fearful that it might. But one must wonder if both of these historical figures are carefully examined side by side won't intelligent folks come to the same conclusion that history already has. Lincoln was elevated to the status of a demigod, while nobody even remembers what happened to Jefferson Davis.

And here's the dirty little secret: a number of the conservative members of the school board who voted for the changes will be leaving the school board by the end of the year—before the changes can be enacted. Will saner heads join the board and reverse these nonsensical changes before thy can take effect?

(Read The Washington Post story.)