Texas education funding shortfall hits classroom books
The state faces a 100 million shortfall in the 272 million two year book budget with most funds spent in 1993 94 leading to shared or last year texts for seventh graders and several courses. TEA officials propose legislative budgeting and publishers cost reform while lawmakers blame the textbook adoption system.
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Texas
Texas Education Commission
Della May Moore
Lionel
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Meno
Bill Ratliff
Senate Education Committee
Ratliff
Mount Pleasant
Houston Chronicle
Texas Public
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Bastiat Quote on Law Morality Sparks Modern Debate
French economist Bastiat warned that when law and morality clash citizens face a cruel choice between ethics and the rule of law. The remark is invoked in discussions about socialism and its fit for humanity.
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Frederic Bastiat
America
The Moral Case Against Socialism and Its Tyranny
A critique arguing that liberal and progressive policies erode individual rights, expand state power, and lead to tyranny. The author cites Bastiat Jefferson and Jeffersonian ideals, warns that democracy without rights becomes looting by law, and condemns socialism as destructive to virtue and freedom.
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Congress
Not politics as usual The Coalition politics of hatred
The piece contrasts two campaigns this election year, the Ann Richards versus George Bush race and a second, extremist fringe driven campaign. It notes the coming Republican Convention and signals that the latter campaign is capturing influence beyond traditional electoral politics.
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GOP
George W. Bush
Democratic Party
Joe Cutbirth
Texas
Bush
Richards
Pete Laney
Ann Richards
George Bush
Guest Editorial on Republican Party Machinery
Editorial notes scrutiny of the Republican party and its internal dynamics. It surveys the rise and fall of extreme right organizations led by televangelists, and references figures like Jerry in examining ongoing political shifts.
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Jerry
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