Common Sense 172 – The Great Texas History Flap

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Publish date:Tue, 16 Mar 2010

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A controversy over history textbooks in Texas has Dan wondering who should be in charge of deciding what kids should learn about the past. Also: The need for government secrecy reform.

Show Notes:
1.”Texas Textbook MASSACRE: ‘Ultraconservatives’ Approve Radical Changes to State Education Curriculum” by The Raw Story, March 13, 2010.
2.”Texas Conservatives Win Curriculum Change” by James McKinley Jr. for The New York Times, March 12, 2010.
3.”State Education board keeps itself in the news” by Robert Zaretsky for The Houston Chronicle, March 13, 2010.
4.”Coffee Party brews up rival for Tea Party” by Madeleine Morris for BBC News, March 13, 2010.
5.”Why I am no longer a Democrat” by David Rothkopf (via Foreign Policy online), March 1 , 2010.
6.”Promises, Promises: Is govt. more open with Obama?” by Sharon Theimer for the Associated Press, March 16, 2010.
7.”Protecting agencies from oversight, Obama threatens to veto intelligence funding” by The Raw Story, March 16, 2010.

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