Archive for March, 2007
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Saturday, March 31st, 2007Now:
U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman had some tough words today for embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who is involved in an uproar over the firing of eight U.S. attorneys.
Lieberman, I-Conn., said Gonzales’ case was hurt by testimony from his former chief of staff, who on Thursday contradicted Gonzales’ earlier accounts of not being involved in the […]
Just in case there was any doubt
Friday, March 30th, 2007Just in case anyone was still wondering whether or not blocking the play at Wilton High was politically motivated, it turns out that the school administration is a little inconsistent in what it classifies as protected speech. Here’s a handy guide:
Writing a school play that deals with Iraq by quoting at length soldiers, some of […]
Thursday, March 29th, 2007
So here’s an interesting list: Karl Rove’s targeted House races. One name that really stood out to me was CT’s very own Chris Shays, who tries to portray himself as something of a maverick who answers to his constituents before he answers to the administration. This list isn’t really a huge surprise, since we already […]
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
The Wilton High story is still gathering steam. Now it’s taking over local news. I don’t think this story is going to be over any time soon.
Hell, the story’s got its own My Left Nutmeg tag.
Monday, March 26th, 2007
Whoa! Where has this been hiding?
HB: 7395 would authorize persons of the same sex to enter into marriage. It removes the definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman and redefines marriage as the legal union of two persons
About bloody time. Apparently this is in the judiciary committee as we speak. […]
March: The Month of Tinker and Hazelwood
Monday, March 26th, 2007This shaping up to be a weird month for freedom of speech in public schools. First there’s the whole “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” case being argued in front of the Supreme Court. Then there’s the Wilton High thing. And now, finally, via Fark, here’s another one. Apparently a school in Indiana has suspended a teacher […]
Sunday, March 25th, 2007
Via MLN, here’s the Good Morning America feature on Wilton High.
FDL Jumps In
Sunday, March 25th, 2007The Wilton High story has now officially made its way into the national blogosphere. FDL has a post up with, as of right now, almost 300 comments.
More on Wilton HS
Sunday, March 25th, 2007The superintendent of Wilson public schools has released a statement, the full text of which can be read here. It’s worth reading to understand at least some of the rationale for banning the play, though some of it is clearly disingenuous. Like this part, for example:
The play has contained direct excerpts from a book, documentary […]
You can’t talk about that in a high school!
Sunday, March 25th, 2007A few people have brought this to my attention: at Wilton High in my very own state of Connecticut, the principal has intervened to prevent kids from putting on a self-written play about Iraq. from the article:
For the spring semester, students in the advanced theater class took on a bigger challenge: creating an original play […]