Teacher's rationale is no defense at all

By Al Knight
Denver Post Columnist

The controversy over the recording of an Overland High School geography class lecture has inevitably ended up as a contest of dueling television interviews.
Jay Bennish, the teacher who delivered a left-leaning political lecture to the class, was featured on NBC's "Today" show on Tuesday while Sean Allen, the student who taped the lecture, has appeared on other shows with somewhat smaller audiences.
Still, at this stage, any fair-minded viewer must conclude that Allen is winning the argument. Allen is both calm and articulate and has avoided saying anything that might be characterized as unreasonable. He has said, over and over again, that his objection to Bennish is the teacher's failure to offer balanced presentations...

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