Scopes, the Sequel

80 years ago it was Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryant, slugging it out rhetorically in a boiling Tennessee courtroom over the greatest question of all: how did life begin? Tennessee is now Pennsylvania, and I'm not sure if the modern Darrow or Bryant is involved, but once again, evolution and faith will spar in a US courtroom. This time the battle is over whether a school can force a statement about "intelligent design" into a biology class. The New York Times has a good story about the roots of the conflict in Dover, PA and what the two parties are fighting about. Also, the PA chapter of the ACLU, which is suing the school board over the ID statement, has started a blog which you can use to keep up to date on the proceedings. It should be an interesting few days.