This New York Times piece raises an issue that I’ve been trying to follow lately: the conservative attack on Darwin and the theory of evolution.

(I say trying to follow because the attack is so ubiquitous, stories about it are increasingly commonplace.)

Key quote: <<Several Imax theaters, including some in science museums, are refusing to show movies that mention the subject [of evolution] - or the Big Bang or the geology of the earth - fearing protests from people who object to films that contradict biblical descriptions of the origin of Earth and its creatures.>>

Yup, there go those liberals again—waging war on Christianity.

Sarcasm aside, this is a truly ominous trend. It challenges the very notion of intellectual progress. In schools all over the country—not just in red states— children are being taught that evolution is just one theory among many, no better and maybe worse than creationism.

I have a suggestion for Larry Summers: This is the perfect subject for him to address. He’s a great advocate of science; he’s a leading public intellectual; and he’s a university president.

Summers erred in January by relying on shaky science to draw dubious conclusions. He could do the country a great favor by speaking out in favor of real science.