Kansas School Board: Still arguing about evolution!

By C.J. JANOVY

Not that we’d advocate going back to the days of the not-too-distant past when entertaining wackos like Connie Morris ruled the Kansas Board of Education, but we have to admit we kind of miss the ol’ reformed high school slut who pals around with evolution deniers. It’s been a couple of quiet years as far as the state school board is concerned, so we’ve had to look for stories someplace besides the board’s attempts to re-create the Scopes Monkey Trial.

Still, we’d be shirking our responsibilities not to point out that several state school board candidates are on the November 4 ballot. And while Pitch political analysts predict that the board will stay safely controlled by reasonable people, Kansans who want to avoid doing any damage (and providing The Pitch with more great stories!) by randomly voting for people they’ve never heard of can now see what the candidates say about evolution and sex ed.