It may seem like a small thing given what is threatening in the world these days but the elections in Kansas, centering on the teaching of evolution, are worth watching. Like the primary contest in Connecticut between Lamont and Lieberman, the meta-story is about the status of the conservative tide in the U.S. Is it cresting? Can we look forward to a roll-back and the fine shorelines of reason and tolerance being revealed again?
Of course the results will not be determined by the moon and spinning earth. Real humans pitted in the battle between belief in authority and knowledge through investigation will decide.
There is reason to hope, too. Moderates and reality oriented folks are fighting back. Maybe the “six dimwits” will lose their majority.