In the wake of last week’s story on marriage redefined in Texas schoolbooks, there’s a pair of stories from Georgia and Wisconsin about their revised evolution/creationism curricula.
More commentary on the new unification of powers is available at the New York Times.
Neocon?
I’m not doubting your story, just the headline. Generally, doesn’t neocon refer to the former Democrats who have a particular foreign policy?
As opposed to a paleocon, a convert from the political left who has come over to the right wing. Most neo-conservatives came to the right in the 70s and, especially, in the 80s under Reagan.
Typical Stances:
1. Lenient on immigration.
2. Usually straddle social issues.
3. Remarkably unconservative economic policies, usually involving cutting taxes AND increasing spending. Traditional conservatives realize that if you want to cut taxes, you must also cut spending.
4. Finally, and most importantly, neo-cons are very pro-Israel and have a war-hawkish foreign agenda. Urban Dictionary
I’m guessing a “neocon” doesn’t pay attention to textbooks.
Re:Neocon?
Neocon has been overused the past year, your definition is fairly accurate though it does change depending on who you’re reading. The safest definition is simply “Most neo-conservatives came to the right in the 70s and, especially, in the 80s under Reagan.” Even then I’m under the impression that the change occured mostly pre-Reagan. Once you get into the individual stances it varies, like anything.
Non-Conservatives use it simply to make us sound ominous, vaguely Nazi-like.
Re:Neocon?
>use it simply to make us sound ominous, vaguely Nazi-like.
Exactly. Wiki has a decent article — it wasn’t the best word choice. Maybe I can make up for it with a Simpsons quote:
Ned: [over PA] Well, cockly-doodly-doo, little buddies. Let’s
thank the Lord for another beautiful school day.
Chalmers: Thank the Lor — thank the Lord? That sounded like a prayer.
A prayer. A prayer in a public school! God has no place
within these walls, just like facts have no place within
organized religion.