Stuff Like This May Bring Down The Empire

When you hear about Texan fundamentalists dictating the contents of textbooks for all of America, you can't help but believe that we may be witnessing the beginning of the end for that country's dominance in areas like science, technology and engineering. After all, if an entire generation grows up with analytical reasoning supplanted by blind faith, it's not hard to imagine the U.S. going the way of those middle eastern countries that are still stuck in the Middle Ages. When it's just old white folks sticking their heads in the sand, that's one thing (they'll eventually die off). But when they get a chance to pass their ignorance onto not just their own children but kids from all backgrounds, that's one scary proposition.

Hopefully something will get done about this before the damage becomes irreparable.