Is it okay for a college professor to be disparaging toward President Bush?
Debbie from Texas asks: I have a nineteen-year-old daughter who is a sophomore at a community college here in Texas, and she has a government teacher who has been very biased in her teaching in the last few weeks regarding the election. This teacher obviously is a very strong activist against President Bush. She’s very demeaning in her reference to him — she refers to him as “Junior” — and is just very offensive to the students who are for President Bush. Is this a correct agenda for her to be able to take in front of our young people? Jay answers: Most schools, while allowing teachers to talk about politics in general terms, prohibit their teachers from espousing a particular political view. In a situation like your daughter’s, what you want to do is make sure that your daughter and others who, in this case, support President Bush have the right to express their own views. Their right to speak out must be protected. The Supreme Court has said that the university setting is the best
