Graphic from Colin Purrington, in commemoration of the kickoff of hearings at the Texas State Board of Education on science textbooks, September 18, 2013
Colin Purrington Tweeted, “Thanks, @ncse for helping keep Darwin in Texas science textbooks. #Whac-A-Mole #creationism #StandUp4Science pic.twitter.com/8dNYbqFELV.”
More:
- Terrence Stutz’s story of the hearing in the Dallas Morning News; preview story from the previous weekend
- Jacquielyn Floyd, columnist for Dallas Morning News, “Why can’t Texas evolve beyond anti-science foolishness?” (may be behind paywall)
- Joshua Fechter story of the hearing in the San Antonio Express-News
- Mother Jones, “WATCH: These global-warming-denying creationists want to rewrite science textbooks”
- “Adventures with the Texas State Board of Education,” Violent Metaphors
- Scientists Plead to Education Board “Not to Let Texas Once Again Become a National Embarrassment” (alternet.org)
- Evolution, creationism conflict reignites at board of education (kvue.com)
- Let a thousand ignoramuses bloom: Texas creationist wants pro-evolution texts adopted! (whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com)
- Zombie Festival of Texas Creationism (sensuouscurmudgeon.wordpress.com)
- Usual Lefties Show Up: Evolution Debate at Sboe – by Dohna Garner – 9.18.13 (educationviews.org)
- Texas Wades Into Evolution Debate At Textbook Hearing (personalliberty.com)
- Texas Creationism: Textbook Selection Time (sensuouscurmudgeon.wordpress.com)
- Biblical Biology?: Texas State Board Of Education Continues Descent Into Scientific Illiteracy (secularnewsdaily.com)
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