80th Anniversary of the Indictment of a Teacher Named Scopes

Attaturk posting at Atrios - and The Times, read here - remind us that it was this day, 80 years ago, when a teacher, John Scopes, was indicted for having the unmitigated nerve to try to educate his students about evolution.

Sadly, there are many - including the current head of the fed Dept of Education, members of Congress, and this president - who would be very happy if they could dig up poor Mr Scopes (and Darwin, for that matter) and put him through a monkey trial all over again, this time, with the results assured through cooked kangaroo courts filled with judges Mr. Bush and his cronies hand-picked.

A day - and an era - that lives in infamy. Apparently those who don't like history are condemning the rest of us to repeat it over and over until they get the results they like.