Tag Archives: Bill Zedler
In Texas, Three More Measles Cases and Four New Anti-Vaccine Bills
“I am shocked,” said a vaccine advocate of a slew of new “scare tactic” bills filed amid an ongoing measles outbreak.
Since early March, Texas has confirmed three new measles cases amid an ongoing outbreak, and added several new anti-vaccine measures to the roster of bills file...Read More
Amid Measles Outbreak, Texas Lawmakers Want to Make it Even Easier to Opt Out of Vaccines
A new bill would ban the Texas health department from tracking vaccine exemptions — a move medical experts say would curb their ability to identify outbreaks.
Texas state Representative Bill Zedler doesn’t understand the fuss over the resurgence of infectious diseases. “When I grew up, I had a lot of these illness...Read More
Abbott’s Back Alley Abortion Politics are a Texas Tradition
If lawmakers don't get the abortion restrictions they want from the Lege, they boss the health department around instead.
If Texas lawmakers don't get the abortion restrictions they want during the Lege session, they just boss the state health department around instead....Read More
Texas’ Great Achievements in Political Internetting, 2015
Despite a great deal of evidence suggesting that this is a terrible idea, elected officials in Texas are able to post their thoughts on the Internet. They have ...Read More
WTF Friday: Freaking Magnets, How Do They Work?
Our weekly roundup of the choicest moments in Texas public discourse. This week's theme: the elusive "core concept."...Read More
Next Frontier in Common Core Fight: Cut Budgets, Jail Teachers?
An an anti-Common Core strategy session in Austin, the faithful are ready to take it to the next level....Read More
WTF Friday: Ban Everything!
In this week's WTF Friday, Don Huffines embraces creationism, a Glen Rose pol warns the GOP away from equality and Bill Zedler waxes poetic on Twitter....Read More
WTF Friday: Primaries and Other Scams
The frantic last week before Tuesday's primary election has been a truly rich pageant of WTF in Texas politics. Just this morning Barry Smitherman promised to f...Read More
WTF Friday: Evolution, Or Something Like It
Dan Patrick invents some scary stats, Louie Gohmert gets schooled and Bill Zedler spells out the tea party meme of the week in plain English....Read More