In-depth and insightful report on efforts by conservative activists to redefine America as a Christian nation. The author explains in great detail how Christian advocates are influencing what American children learn in school, by controlling the votes on the Texas Board of Education, which dictates the content of textbooks in the U.S. A must-read report on how one religious group is succeeding in rewriting history and imposing their worldview on an entire nation.

Fascinating read. Shorto manages to keep this issue in perspective while still putting it front and center in the reader's mind.

This is a well written piece on the Texas school board fight to ensure Christianity as a founding principle of the US is included in text books. The author's view is pretty clear but he prominently displays comments from both sides of the issue.

An amazing and disgusting story of how ignorant small-minded people full of pious religiosity are trying to rewrite history and science. Much too long, and missing important counter viewpoints, but worth reading for knowing what is going on to destroy the quality of public education.

Thorough, in-depth, and very interesting account of how public school textbooks are vetted and developed. Also rather frightening.

Terrific, just terrific. An in-depth, finely-balanced discussion of an issue that has become central to contemporary U.S. "culture wars." No matter how much you thought you knew about this topic, this article is bound to further inform.