In tiny (pop. 500) Bradfordsville, Ky., one morning last week, Principal B. H. Crowe of the town's combined elementary-high school sat in his office, trying his best to look busy. Elsewhere in the building, five teachers puttered about their empty classrooms or gathered in the corridor for leisurely chats. As the entire staff knew, its presence was a mere formality. Not a single pupil has come to school in the last eleven weeks.
In those eleven weeks, Bradfordsville's marathon school strike has turned into a full-fledged civic crusade and a major religious ruckus....
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