Beam me to Planet Gore !
The authors wrote that the Supreme Court decision had a "benefit" and a "cost." The benefit, it said, was to strike down a rarely enforced law that could probably not be passed today, while the cost was to "create the possibility that the court, and not Congress or state legislatures, might decide whether same-sex marriages were legal."
Gee, imagine that, a textbook that actually gives a Constitutional perspective.
Future MSM as_hat.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Here is the website for the textbook including chapters, study guides, and a synopsis of each section.
Can’t have any students doubting the Hot Air Cult, can we?
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This is only being reviewed because it might present too conservative of a viewpoint. If it was some leftwing whacko viewpoint, the publisher would have just dismissed any complaints.
someone needs to get this kid a high level government position while he still knows everything.
Now the truth is biased?
The other thread concerned mostly Global Warming, of which this kid is a mindless robot.
Hey, this article is from the AP. They know all about bias:
“Hansen has sent Houghton Mifflin a letter stating that the book’s discussion on global warming contained “a large number of clearly erroneous statements” that give students “the mistaken impression that the scientific evidence of global warming is doubtful and uncertain.”
The edition of the textbook published in 2005, which is in high school classrooms now, states that “science doesn’t know whether we are experiencing a dangerous level of global warming or how bad the greenhouse effect is, if it exists at all.”
A newer edition published late last year was changed to say, “Science doesn’t know how bad the greenhouse effect is.”
The authors kept a phrase stating that global warming is “enmeshed in scientific uncertainty.”
While there are still some scientists who downplay global warming and the role of burning fossil fuels, the overwhelming majority of climate scientists and peer-reviewed scientific research say human activity is causing climate change. Last year an international collection of hundreds of scientists and government officials unanimously approved wording that said the scientific community had “very high confidence,” meaning more than 90 percent likelihood, that global warming is caused by humans.”
The Center for Inquiry was established in 1991 by philosopher and author Paul Kurtz. It brought together two organizations: the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal[1] (CSICOP) and the Council for Secular Humanism[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Inquiry
FOX shilling for the left again.
As a former social studies textbook editor, I can say this is astonishing in so many ways. First, it’s almost unbelievable that two conservative writers would be asked to undertake a project like this. Typically, the writers are - well - accomplished academic types that veer to the left. Second, the textbooks reflect their authorship and understandably lean left, as well. Rarely do conservative ideas make their way into a social studies textbook. (That’s because the books are written to satisfy state standards - not entirely their fault.) There is not much latitude there. So do we think publishers are going to get nailed now for their liberal bias? (Wait - don’t answer that..)
Considering the FACT that the earth has actually COOLED since the turn of the century, I'd say the 'evidence' of global warming IS doubtful and uncertain.
He said it with such a smirk on his face, I had to laugh.
For just a brief, giddy moment I thought someone was actually publicly acknowledging the blatant liberal bias in textbooks.