TODAY IS: Freethinker's Day, celebrated each year on the anniversary of the birth of Thomas Paine, a leader of the American Revolution and author of, among other works, COMMON SENSE (see truthseeker.com for more info). Strike a blow for reason and rationality by watching 1960's INHERIT THE WIND, inspired by the 1925 Scopes trial, in which Spencer Tracy plays a defense attorney for a schoolteacher on trial for teaching the theory of evolution. [today's movie at IMDb]

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