Texas, that hotbed of creationism, has been reviewing curriculum supplements, including some additions composed by creationists. Governor Rick Perry recently appointed a hard conservative, Barbara Cargill, to head the state board of education. It was looking gloomy.
And now the board voted 8:0 to reject the creationists and approve good evolutionary biology standards. I'm impressed. But I can't quite shake the feeling that they've got something devious in mind.
Just maybe, though, the board is wising up.
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