Talking Back to E-mailers

Talking back to e-mailers is such fun. Plus, they need the feedback. Last month somebody wrote to ask me to “Tell the Texas Legislature Not To Allow Creationism in Textbooks.”

I wrote back, “Honey, you can't tell Texans anything!”

The flippant response masks a more serious question—Why should Texans live with what an Iowan thinks? If Texans want to raise their kids believing something that may make them laughing stocks in the scientific community, should I--or even the Koch Brothers--interfere?

The Brothers Koch apparently feel that money entitles them to an end-run around democracy. They donated millions, I hear, to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's crusade last year to undermine state employees. Now Wisconsinites have to live with that.

I uphold the right of Texans to put whatever they want in their textbooks, no matter how totally boneheaded it is.

Keep a critical eye peeled!