The men the civics books idolize rarely come to good ends.

We do what the civics books say: get out the word on the issues.

A regular announced locker inspection had uncovered a kilo of marijuana behind Trevor's civics book.

"I went to the library and took out every civics book I could find."

In civics books it is considered the ideal.

THE civics books would tell you that the election is over and Congress and the White House are now about the business of governing.

If you want to teach kids how the world really works, take away their civics books and assign them some good espionage novels.

The latter approach may not satisfy the civics books, he said, but it may be the more realistic route.

But then, civics books never portrayed legislators and city leaders convening in a city known for its slot machines and floor shows.

Most civics books celebrate the Bicentennial of our Constitution by not including the Constitution as an integral part of the textbook, but by shunting it to the very end.