The good news: Cynthia Dunbar will not be heading the state board of education.
The bad news: the governor picked Gail Lowe, a Christianist sheep, who will probably do whatever Dunbar tells her to do, anyway.
Don't bother cheering, a few faint moans and groans before you Texans buckle up and head back to the front lines to battle the forces of ignorance will do.
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The term "Dunbar's Number" refers to a particular hypothesis by primatologist Robin Dunbar. It is a very simple idea with rather complex implications, and it is one of those simple ideas that gets more complicated than ideal as we look into it more and more.
This Rob Dunbar is NOT Robin Dunbar the Archaeologist.
Yes, Texas could. After ditching creationist dentist Don McLeroy as head of the state board of education, Governor Rick Perry is now considering Cynthia Dunbar for the job.
Jon Stewart on the stolen Climategate emails: