Report from the Land of Fear #779:

"2 Boca high schools requiring Bible readings over summer" reported by Scott Travis at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel's website.

If the Biblical story of Creation can be considered science . . . then why not consider the Bible as "literature?" OK. I for one don't see it as basically anything other than literature. But that's not the way that some people obviously want it to be "considered."

"'Most of early American literature is based on [the Bible],' Hierholzer said."

I think not.

Poem of the Day Dept.:

"Odysseus to Telemachus" by Joseph Brodsky, whose birthday it is today.

Report from the Land of Fear #773:

"Louisiana Ponders Appropriateness of Gay Literature" as reported at American Libraries Online.

Louisiana. Now that is a seriously scary place.