Dare we say "Turning the Corner" on science education in schools?

In Texas, that bastion of fuzzy-headed liberalism, a school board finally came down on the side of good science and shot creationism in the face.

It's a sad day when creationist, who claim to be Christians, resort to misprepresentation and outright lying to push their agenda.

Maybe now the ridiculous political religious agendas that have undermined our education system will be consigned to history.

We'll see.

Voters are blockheads

This recent story from the Washington Post reports on a study that shows Americans are dumbasses when it comes to politics and voting.

Unfortunately, the results are nothing more than a "No shit" moment for me.

I've suspected for a long time that people vote for whomever offers the pithy slogan or manages to give the best "rah rah" speech.

It's too bad. The founding fathers would be saddened at our state of willful ignorance. The founders noted that an educated public was the best bulwark against tyranny.

Our own inability to engage in civic responsibility could destroy us...it's given us the past 8 years of rights erosion and fear.