Even though our enlightened Supreme Court, in its infinite wisdom, has told us how wicked we are if we pray in school, certain obdurate religionists are insufficiently deferential to Caesar. How difficult it is to extirpate these hoary superstitions, despite all the good work of Americans for Democratic Action!
Probably you recall, gentle secularistic readers, that the school board of Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, some months ago had the effrontery to introduce the McGuffey Readers into its classrooms. Horror of horrors, the McGuffey Readers contain ethical precepts—how archaic!—and even, scandal of scandals, extracts from the Sermon on the Mount.
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