Just When I Thought Texas Politics Couldn't Get Any Dumber
Category: Texas
Republican lawmaker asks "What's Medicaid?"
Posted by Nick Anthis at 4:30 PM • 6 Comments •
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Science Education Is Under Attack in the State of Texas (Again)
Category: Texas
What else is new?
Posted by Nick Anthis at 6:35 PM • 0 Comments •
An Evolution Fight Brewing in Texas
Category: evolution
Chris Comer fights back after being wrongly terminated.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 8:53 PM • 19 Comments •
A VP Candidate From the Heart of Texas?
Category: Election 2008
The Speaker of the House suggests that Barack Obama consider Congressman Chet Edwards (D-TX) as a possible running mate.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 3:50 PM • 1 Comments •
Yes, the Voting Rights Act Is Still Relevant
Category: civil rights
From today's New York Times: WASHINGTON -- A special three-judge court ruled Friday that Congress acted constitutionally when it extended the law requiring sections of the country with a history of racial discrimination to get federal approval for any changes...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 9:28 AM • 0 Comments •
Texas Republicans Suppress Black Student Voters
Category: civil rights
Find out why I'm not surprised and why this might be a taste of things to come
Posted by Nick Anthis at 5:05 PM • 9 Comments •
Barack Obama Receives Key Endorsement from the Heart of Texas
Category: Barack Obama
On Monday, Obama was endorsed by Congressman Chet Edwards, whose district includes Texas A&M University, the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library, and George W. Bush's Crawford ranch
Posted by Nick Anthis at 5:09 AM • 0 Comments •
String of Obama Victories Portends a Strong Performance in the General Election
Category: Barack Obama
Obama wins big in Maryland, Virginia, and DC, but now he has even bigger fish to fry.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 5:07 PM • 0 Comments •
Elsa Murano to Become New President of Texas A&M University
Category: Texas A&M University
First female President picked as successor to popular President Robert Gates, although selection process remains controversial.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 8:05 AM • 0 Comments •
An Open Letter to Texas Regarding the Forced Resignation of Chris Comer
Category: creationism
If you work for the Texas Education Agency, don't even think about not being neutral about the teaching of intelligent design in science classrooms.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 3:30 PM • 11 Comments •
Texans: Vote "Yes" on Proposition 15
Category: Texas
To create the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and authorize $3 billion in funding for cancer research
Posted by Nick Anthis at 9:57 AM • 3 Comments •
Metric System (Apparently) a Plot by Liberal Communist Anti-American Immigrants
Category: metric system
Viewers foam at the mouth after a Houston TV station includes Celsius temperatures alongside Fahrenheit measures.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 10:32 AM • 50 Comments •
Chris Mooney in Houston, Texas
Category: books
This one is for my readers in Texas, particularly those in the greater Houston area. Chris Mooney, author of The Republican War on Science and blogger at The Intersection, will be in Houston this week to promote his new book...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 6:14 PM • 0 Comments •
HPV Vaccination in the New England Journal of Medicine
Category: public health
It's a virtual smorgasbord!
Posted by Nick Anthis at 5:18 PM • 14 Comments •
Texas Mandatory HPV Vaccination Update
Category: public health
The bill overturning mandatory vaccination has passed in both the Texas House and Senate, and it is now awaiting the action of Governor Rick Perry.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 9:40 AM • 21 Comments •
Texas House Votes to Overturn Mandatory HPV Vaccination
Category: public health
The Texas House voted today 119-21 to overturn governor Rick Perry's executive order requiring mandatory vaccination against HPV (human papilloma virus) for girls entering the sixth grade. The bill, HB1098, still requires final approval in the House before moving along...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 4:28 PM • 4 Comments •
Mandatory HPV Vaccination Under Attack in the Texas Legislature on Tuesday
Category: public health
With debate on HB1098 beginning on Tuesday, the Texas House is on the verge of shooting down quite possibly the first progressive thing Rick Perry has done as governor of Texas.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 8:08 PM • 18 Comments •
Conservative Extremists Get a New Voice at Texas A&M University
Category: Texas A&M University
Texas Governor Rick Perry appoints the chair of the homophobic, anti-diversity, anti-academic freedom, right wing organization the Young Conservatives of Texas as the new student representative on the Texas A&M University Board of Regents.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:16 PM • 8 Comments •
More on Edible Cotton Seeds
Category: transgenic crops
Last month, I wrote a post about a research group at Texas A&M University that reported genetically engineering "edible cotton seeds" by using RNAi technology to stably and specifically knock out production of the gossypol toxin in the seeds of...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:39 AM • 3 Comments •
They Probably Won't Taste as Good as Cotton Candy...
Category: transgenic crops
But, a recent report in PNAS demonstrates that edible cotton seeds could be a real possibility, thanks to new transgenic crop biotechnology.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:39 AM • 1 Comments •
Politics, Wild West Style
Category: elections
The Republicans have clearly been getting desperate, and one--Rick Green--was apparently desperate enough to punch Texas State Representative Patrick Rose in the face.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 4:05 PM • 0 Comments •
Please, Please, No More Rick Perry
Category: elections
This won't be news to anyone from Texas, but our governor, Republican Rick Perry, is a walking disaster. From The Dallas Morning News: SAN ANTONIO - Gov. Rick Perry, after a God and country sermon attended by dozens of political...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 6:40 PM • 4 Comments •
Texas Congressional District 17: Chet Edwards
Category: Congress
There's a hot congressional race going on right now deep in the heart of Texas in District 17, which stretches from just north of Houston to just south of Fort Worth and includes my alma mater, Texas A&M University. The...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:39 AM • 1 Comments •
A Band-Aid for a Broken Health Care System?
Category: health policy
When you live in the wealthiest nation in the world but can still claim over 40 million people without health insurance--despite spending more than twice as much per capita on health care as any other nation--you might have a problem....
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:08 PM • 4 Comments •
One of the Last Progressive Voices in Texas Falls Silent
Category: Texas
Ann Richards (1933-2006)
Posted by Nick Anthis at 8:47 AM • 4 Comments •
