Truth Should not be Victim to Politics

 You cannot say that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. It's against the law. Or, at least it could become so. The Texas State Board of Education is considering recommending that its school districts replace books that teach man-made climate change with those that don't. While the recommendation would not be binding, the idea could prompt other states to follow their lead and create standards requiring schools to use Republican political doctrine instead of sound scientific understanding.
   Politics over science. Alternate truth over reality. 
   Anger will be stirred by such claims as mine -- that Republicans would replace reality with their own political wanderings. Sometimes, though, you have to say what is true even though extremists will be angered. If you want baseless idealogy, go to an extremist; if you want solid fact -- if you want truth -- go to a mainstream scientist. Yes, I say "mainstream," even though the extremists say that is the problem. They say there are other scientists who counter the mainstream scientists and mainstream is the last thing we want to follow.
   I say you can always drum up a "scientist." I suggest you can always find a "scientist" to say what you want him to say. So go ahead and drum up your "scientist." Try to replace logic with political incoherency. Truth can be replaced, but it cannot be diminished. 
  Truth should not be the victim of politics. We should fear what the Texas State Board of Education is considering.