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To: Qualified Opinion who wrote (13591)	2/6/2015 5:06:25 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 16547

Marquette University to fire professor for criticizing leftist academic ...................................................................... February 5, 2015 eagnews.org MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Marquette University Political Science Professor John McAdams reported Wednesday night that he was being fired for a blog post published in November. And, he wrote, he intends to fight back. “In response to some questions: we will indeed fight this. We have excellent legal counsel, and most certainly will not go quietly.” McAdams wrote on his blog The Marquette Warrior: On November 9 of last year, we published a post detailing how a student in a Philosophy class confronted the instructor after class. He was disappointed that she quickly passed over the issue of gay marriage in class, since the student wanted to argue against the policy. The instructor told the student that he was not allowed to make “homophobic” comments in class, and further that if he was allowed to argue against gay marriage, that would “offend” any gay students in class. The post created a firestorm of controversy. First, people appalled that an instructor’s actions weighed in, and then leftist academics who felt we had been unfair to the instructor (one Cheryl Abbate) mobilized to attack us. Marquette’s administration (most prominently Arts & Sciences Dean Richard Holz) sided with our attackers, and suspended us in December. So it was no particular surprise when, last Friday, our lawyer received a letter from Holz – addressed to us – saying: Therefore, in accord with Section 307.03, we are commencing as of this date the procedures for revoking your tenure and dismissing you from the faculty. Hotz’ irate letter, which can be found here, is full of poor arguments and factual misstatements. McAdams documents the entire letter and charges made against him in his blog post, addressing the charges one by one. “In real universities, administrators understand (or more likely grudgingly accept) that faculty will say controversial things, will criticize them and each other, and that people will complain about it,” said McAdams. “That sort of university is becoming rarer and rarer. Based on Holz’ actions, Marquette is certainly not such a place.” Originally published here

To: Qualified Opinion who wrote (13591)	2/6/2015 5:39:53 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 16547

Brian Williams' Katrina claim is now being questioned and is also likely to be false as the French Quarter was never flooded following the hurricane His reporting from New Orleans received countless plaudits and helped earn NBC a Peabody Award Read more: dailymail.co.uk