In some ways America has made tremendous advances. Black president, woman sec of state, more women on SC, etc, etc.

But in some ways we’re stuck in 1925 and the Scopes Monkey Trial still isn’t over. The same pre-modern forces that criminalized teaching evolution 85 years ago are at work.

The hostility to education, science and secularism doesn’t befit a great nation. Indeed we would be a far greater nation were we (ever) to get past this.