Published: February 1, 2000

Writing On The Wall

Bill Musselman can't see why anyone would object to posting the Ten Commandments in schools. "I see it as a historical document," says Musselman, superintendent of the 5,500-student Harlan County, Kentucky, school district. "If you took the words 'Ten Commandments' off the top and called it 'the 10 good things to live by,' maybe no one would complain about it."

Bill Musselman can't see why anyone would object to posting the Ten Commandments in schools. "I see it as a historical document," says Musselman, superintendent of the 5,500-student Harlan County, Kentucky, school district. "If you took the words 'Ten Commandments' off the top and called it 'the 10 good things to live by,' maybe no one...