"For the past decade, David Brockman, a 66-year-old Episcopalian in Fort Worth, has been a "strong supporter" of teaching religion in Texas public schools. As a nonresident scholar at Rice University's Baker Institute and an adjunct professor at Texas Christian University, where he teaches religion, Brockman believes students in private and public systems would benefit from learning about Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism and would better connect with neighbors across an increasingly diverse state. The way he sees it, public school educators who identify with a range of political backgrounds already teach subjects like history and government. Why couldn't they be trained to take on the world's religions in classrooms?"
"After the Texas Education Agency developed an elementary-level reading curriculum with multiple references to the Bible and Christianity, a new report from Texas Freedom Network found issues with the proposed plans. David Brockman is a nonresident scholar in religion and public policy with Rice University's Baker Institute. He authored the report finding the materials fail to capture historical reality and place too much emphasis on Christianity without adequate coverage of other religions."
"Christianity is infused throughout proposed Texas public school lessons more than other world religions, according to a new Texas Freedom Network Education Fund report."
Recent efforts to disenfranchise people with felony convictions are “political red meat” — intentionally crafted to appeal to right-wing voters, says Stein.
“Much of what we see here is an effort to appease disinformation.”
"There's nothing serious on the table that would make the mining industry function better than it is now," Michelle Michot Foss said in criticism of lobbyist’s recent attempts to streamline government regulation of mining production. "The Bureau of Mines coming back into existence is not going to fix any of that."