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Our responsibilities in the world

Submitted by KMonteiro on Wed, 01/13/2010 - 10:11

Two of the most popular bromides about history: "History is written by the victors" and "Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it" came crashing together for me this morning when I read the Texas Tribune's article "Hijacking History" about the Texas State Board of Education's "hammering out" the version of American history that will be taught to high school students across the country for the next 10 or 20 years.