In 1925, Tennessee passed a law that banned teachers from teaching evolution or denying the Biblical account of mankind’s origin. That year, a high school teacher was arrested and found guilty. It was an appalling assault on science, but remained on the books, for two more generations, until 1967 when another teacher was dismissed for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution to a high school science class. He fought and was able to get the law rescinded, citing his First Amendment right to free speech.
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Diane Francis: Covidiocy
A nurse takes a Moderna Covid-19 vaccines ready to be administered at a vaccination site at Kedren Community Health Center, in South Central Los Angeles, California on Feb. 16, 2021.
