In the NY Times today, one headline read: "In Texas, 28,000 Students Test an Electronic Eye." The news story covered a small Texas town that will begin testing a new electronic monitoring system. In Spring the local school district handed out ID badges to all 28,000 children attending school. The ID badges contain computer chips that will monitor any student getting on and off a school bus. The information will transmit through a wireless phone automatically to the police and school administrators.

Today in the Houston Chronicle this is what is printed in the editorial

Angry White Male is now Bigoted Christian Redneck
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER

In 1994, when the Gingrich revolution swept Republicans into power, ending 40 years of Democratic hegemony, the mainstream press needed to account for this inversion of the Perfect Order of Things. A myth was born. Explained the USA Today headline: "Angry White Men: Their votes turned the tide for the GOP."

Overnight, the revolution of the Angry White Male became conventional wisdom. In the 10 years before the 1994 election, there were 56 Nexis mentions of angry white men in the media. In the next seven months, there were more than 1,400.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/editorial/outlook/2898831