[The second part, still a repost. Next week I’ll repost part three, and then on to something new.]
I’ve been prompted to do a follow-up on this by the events in Dover, PA and Kansas. Not news anymore, but to recap, the trial in Dover over the school board’s insertion of Intelligent Design into public school science curriculum is over. The judge won’t hand down his decision till January, probably, but in the immediate aftermath, the citizens of Dover ousted the entire school board and replaced them with less insidiously doctrinaire people.
I say insidious, because this can no longer be seen as well-intentioned people blundering into controversy unawares. …