Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 12:09:36 pm
On the Stephen Colbert show, here's young earth creationist Don McLeroy, the fanatic appointed to the Texas State Board of Education by Rick Perry, and subject of many a post at LGF. Weep for the future of America, because McLeroy's stunning anti-science ignorance may seem extreme, but it's not unusual ...

Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 1:33:13 pm
Steve Benen makes a good point here, about Rick Perry's statement that "in Texas we teach both creationism and evolution in our public schools:" Perry may have no idea what goes on in Texas’ public schools, but if they’re teaching “both creationism and evolution,” they’re violating the law. It’s not ...

Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 11:54:34 am
(Credit: Gus 802.)At LGF we've been following the career of Texas Governor Rick Perry for years, often focusing on one of his "achievements" that has so far mostly eluded the mainstream media: Perry is undoubtedly the most determined, persistent, and outrageously overt creationist in the Republican Party, and arguably one ...

Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:23:40 am
Here we go again with the Republican religious fanatics of the Texas State Board of Education. Led by young earth creationist Don McLeroy, now they're jumping on the anti-Muslim bandwagon and working themselves up into another frenzy of outrageous outrage over world history books that aren't even being used any ...

Sat, May 15, 2010 at 2:35:51 pm
If you thought it was bad when the Texas State Board of Education tossed Thomas Jefferson out of the new social studies curricula, just wait … because you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. The religious fanatics led by creationist dentist Don McLeroy were only getting started. The Texas Freedom Network lists ...

Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:55:38 am
Here’s a picture of willful ignorance and appalling stupidity, as ABC News Nightline interviews young earth creationist Don McLeroy — the head of the Texas State Board of Education. Nightline correctly points out that the fundamentalist right wing agenda of Neanderthals like McLeroy is influencing education in the entire ...

Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 6:06:42 pm
Texas Governor Rick Perry may have won the Republican primary yesterday, but one of his main operatives, creationist dentist Don McLeroy, got thrown out. In the March 2, 2010, primary election, avowed young-earth creationist Don McLeroy narrowly lost his bid to be the Republican candidate for the District 9 seat ...

Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:44:41 am
The New York Times has a disturbing article about the far right conservatives in charge of the Texas State Board of Education, and their outrageous attempt to manipulate curriculum development and textbook production for public schools. The social conservatives appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry (including infamous young earth creationist Don ...

Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 6:15:41 pm
Here’s an excellent article at Washington Monthly by Mariah Blake, showing how the atavistic GOP creationist agenda has a direct and highly deleterious effect on education in the United States: Revisionaries. Don McLeroy is a balding, paunchy man with a thick broom-handle mustache who lives in a rambling two-story brick ...