Hermit's Cave, Upstate Manhattan -- The opening salvo has been fired in what the lords of hyperbole have dubbed "Scopes II," a ridiculous title that I will not repeat again. The case, brought by the ACLU and 11 families from the Dover area school district, is on the one hand a total embarrassment for the nation, and on the other a chance for legitimate scientific theory to wipe out the last vestiges of creationism in public school. We can only wait and hope.