Bravo for both Pepper Trail and Allen Best (HCN,
10/3/05: What’s at stake in the evolution debate). Mr. Trail wrote
a wonderfully simple and direct essay on evolution and detailed the
problems entailed when schools attempt to teach intelligent design
as a concept on a scientific footing equal to evolution. Mr. Best
has reformulated our notion of patriotism, harking back to the WW
II days of victory gardens. This is an idea whose time has
definitely arrived: We must redefine and restate over and over what
real patriotism is. Thank you for great essays about timely and
critical issues.
Ginger
Jervey
Flagstaff, Arizona
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