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Colbert takes on Texas GOP on ‘critical thinking’

Colbert takes on Texas GOP on ‘critical thinking’

You might recall the recent Texas Republican Party’s platform that rejects the teaching of critical thinking skills: “Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and […]

Smear and Loathing – Jon Stewart takes on Michele Bachmann

Smear and Loathing – Jon Stewart takes on Michele Bachmann

Jon Stewart takes on Michele Bachmann after she and four Republican colleagues accuse Hillary Clinton’s deputy chief of staff Huma Abedin of being circuitously connected to the Muslim Brotherhood and attempting to take over the U.S. government. As you may recall, there was strong bi-partisan criticm of Bachmann and company on Capital Hill.  The problem […]