Hi Tweets,

Hey, I just finished a great new book called: "Summer for the Gods", a
carefully researched account (it also won a Pulitzer prize) of the Scopes
'monkey' trial, with a very balanced and academic discussion of the
evolution (forgive the word) of the 200 year-old 'battle' between science
and fundamentalism in this country. Bottom line: all the popular plays and
stories notwithstanding, the Darrow-Bryan debate and the resulting trial
didn't settle anything; in fact, fundamentalists emerged more energized then
ever. And they have grown stronger ever since. Seems like creationists are
a bit like House Sparrows; they are here to stay, and they do represent a
real threat in some sense, but in this deteriorating world, we probably
should learn to love them.

Rick Romea
Seattle, WA
rromea at stioptronics.com

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