No speech by top student after being told to strike out religion

Posted on July 1, 2007 - Filed Under ACLU | 3 Comments

We read:
“Bayonne High School valedictorian Jeremy Jerschina had wanted to give a heartfelt speech at his graduation ceremony on Wednesday.
A religious young man bound for the Christian school Calvin College in Michigan this fall, 18-year-old Jerschina said that to speak from the heart as he addressed his graduating class, he had to speak to God [...]

What Did Talk Radio And Bloggers Learn From the “Great American Sellout”?

Posted on July 1, 2007 - Filed Under Politics As Usual | Comments Off

Allowing the destruction of the Bush-McKennedy “Grand Compromise” (that pig bill that we call “The Great American Sellout”) to sit for a few days, I’ve had a chance to contemplate the lessons to be extracted from the experience. What did Talk Radio and Bloggers learn from the battle to kill the bill?
We learned that when [...]