'Where I'm from, we believe all sorts of things that aren't true. We call it history.'

The Intersection
By Sheril Kirshenbaum
Mar 15, 2010 7:10 AMNov 20, 2019 5:32 AM

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Having just signed our lease in Texas, I'm extremely disappointed with my new state's Board of Ed. In case you missed it, they've voted to remove Thomas Jefferson, the Enlightenment, and more from the world history standards. And it gets much worse: Details at The New York Times, Bad Astronomy and The Loom.

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