Stephan: This is how distorted the values of the Right have become. Texas, home of the book commission that supported Creationism, assaults on women's healthcare, and slashing the social safety net for children has come up with this. Yet another example -- read the justifications -- of profit above anything, even the education of the next generation of Texans.
Texas, which may balance its budget by firing thousands of teachers, plans to commit $25 million in state funds to Formula One auto racing each year for a decade.
Four years after motorsports’ most popular series left the U.S., Texas investors including Clear Channel Communications Inc. co-founder B.J. ‘Red