"Ward Churchill wants his job back. To quickly review, before Ward Churchill became a professor, he copied and sold another artist's work under his own name. Then he got a tenured job at the University of Colorado, Boulder, without appropriate credentials, on the pretext that he is American Indian. He is not."

"“Anything goes” in college classrooms: that’s the message of Ward Churchill’s legal victory this week, according to Stephen Balch of the National Association of Scholars.

Balch said the win for Churchill, whom he called “the poster boy for academic irresponsibility,” worsens the disconnect between the academic freedom’s obligations and its protections."

"Oh God, with an eagle feather on red fabric next to him. According to the Camera, he's spouting bullshit about--er, contextualizing--his "little Eichmanns" essay. You know the drill: "He said if you make it a 'practice of killing other peoples' babies for your own personal gain, that eventually, they are going to give you a taste of the same thing.'""

"Drunkablog made the rounds this morning in Civic Center park ("Save Ward!" rally) and the Denver City and County building for the jury selection, but not much was going on . . . yet.

Looking at the Left has more reflections on the Churchill kerfuffle, and kook-aid guzzling Ben Whitmer soldiers on in his support of his idol mentor."

"In a deposition, former Governor Bill Owens says he was glad the University of Colorado didn’t immediately fire professor Ward Churchill, as Owens (pictured) had urged, in the wake of a controversial essay about the 9/11 terrorist attacks that triggered national outrage when it came to the media’s attention in 2005.

That’s according to the Rocky Mountain News, which reports that Owens feels that had Churchill been fired, Churchill’s free-speech rights would have been violated."

"Owens commented on being deposed (audio courtesy of Complete Colorado) for Churchill's lawsuit on the Caplis and Silverman show--including a funny encounter with the man himself (h/t Drunkablog):

The deposition took place in the office of Churchill's attorney, David Lane. Owens, who left office in January 2007 and now is a businessman, was represented by the attorney general's office."

"The fake-Indian ex-professor is a happenin' dude, ain't he? I actually joined the wretched thing myself to see his profile, but it turns out I have to be his "friend" too, and I can't bring myself to do it. He'd probably (poorly stifled sob) turn me down, anyway. It also looks like it might be a Wart Churchill Stolidarity Network production, and certainly Tommy "Tater Trot" Mayer wouldn't let me on.

"In Canada again, where they seem to have more tolerance not only for "diversity," but for frauds as well. The Daily Gleaner:

St. Thomas University's native student council hopes to attract a crowd on the campus for Native Awareness Days.