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I have this week been pay­ing close atten­tion to Chris Crutcher and Lime­stone County, Alabama. Ear­lier this year, WHALE TALK was banned from Lime­stone County by its local school board fol­low­ing a nar­row vote. The super­in­ten­dent, Barry Car­roll, Ed. D. actu­ally opposed the ban, and he pub­licly sup­ported WT as an impor­tant book. As he is …

Last week, I fin­ished a great book by Ten­nessee pro­fes­sor and foren­sic anthro­pol­o­gist William “The Body Farm” Bass. Dr. Bass was my Anthro 101 pro­fes­sor many years ago, and I also took a human iden­ti­fi­ca­tion class from him–not because I’m into iden­ti­fy­ing human remains, but because he was such a fas­ci­nat­ing teacher. He told great …