IT’S THE 81ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE SCOPES TRIAL: Here’s an interesting roundup from Nick Gillespie at Hit & Run, including a Bewitched angle I didn’t know about.

For those interested in the subject, I recommend Ed Larson’s A Summer for the Gods. It’s a useful corrective if all you know comes from Inherit the Wind.

Plus, here’s a documentary film on the trial, featuring Larson, along with me, John Siegenthaler, Arthur Miller, and various others. You might also want to read this post from Jim Lindgren. And here are some Smithsonian photos of the trial.