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US Army blankets are generic today

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Eric Verlo

When I was assembling my dorm room kit for college, I wanted an army blanket as a bed cover. For reasons I must have understood better then, the heavy duty olive drab wool, emblazoned with a U.S. monogram, was inarguably … Continue reading →

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August 2008 at the Denver Courthouse

Posted on April 11, 2009 by Eric Verlo

Spending so much time at the courthouse for the Ward Churchill v CU case, I was prompted to review these yet-unseen photos from last August’s DNC, featuring… the Denver Courthouse! Monday morning, August 25, 2008 Peacefully assembled demonstrators are protesting … Continue reading →

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Petty bureaucrat resents being called… The Holocaust denials of Larry DeWitt

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Eric Verlo

In the face of Ward Churchill’s vindication in a Colorado court, and now hearing support for him by fellow academics, Wingnut Holocaust Deniers are rallying behind whichever colleague will grab their dunce baton. The latest denier is academic aspirant, Social … Continue reading →

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Still open season on Witch Churchill

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Eric Verlo

DENVER- Ward Churchill’s saga is bigger than the persecution of a scholar who defies the master narrative, bigger than Native American contentions over how their victor writes its history, bigger than America’s First Amendment Freedom of Speech, it’s WHAT HE … Continue reading →

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Ward Churchill prevails over Western Civ

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Eric Verlo

DENVER- The jury ruled for Ward Churchill today, that he was wrongfully terminated, on the basis of his 9/11 essay, and that CU had no other justification to fire him. It remains for the judge to order the university to … Continue reading →

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Informal Denver bloggers convention

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Eric Verlo

DENVER- Blog wonks filled the courtroom today to witness the closing arguments of Freedom of Speech on trial. The twin Rocky Mountain News fiends were on hand, as were plenty of their blogosphere stringers. Can you help us put names … Continue reading →

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Mimi Wesson has um big penis envy

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Eric Verlo

DENVER- And it’s a strange lot of penises she covets: there’s Bob Guccione, OJ Simpson, Michael Jackson, Bill Clinton and… Ward Churchill. In a private email in the midst of the CU firestorm over Churchill’s 9/11 essay, Wesson compared the … Continue reading →

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Churchill v Churchill

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Marie Walden

Closing arguments will be heard this morning in the Ward Churchill trial and then the case goes to the (very young and earnest) jury. Winston Churchill said “history is written by the victors” which has been a central thesis in … Continue reading →

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Churchill v CU Trial wraps up today

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Eric Verlo

DENVER- Can it be any easier to be a witness to history? Come to the Denver Courthouse this morning before 9 AM. It’s the large columned building opposite the state capitol. Ascend the imposing steps which rise directly from Civic … Continue reading →

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Lynne Stewart visits Churchill Trial

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Eric Verlo

DENVER- For local media wonks who may have lost sight of the national significance of the Churchill v CU trial, the Denver courtroom was visited last week by radical luminary Lynne Stewart, who traveled from New York in a show … Continue reading →

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Ex RMN columnists stuck to their guns

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Eric Verlo

DENVER- Considering the villainous role the Rocky Mountain News played in the vilification of Ward Churchill, their insinuations having been thoroughly discredited in this trial, you’d think the RMN columnists now writing for the Denver Post would be self-conscious about … Continue reading →

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Churchill and his curiously vile detractors

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Eric Verlo

DENVER- There’s an interesting sideshow at the Churchill v CU case having to do with a cadre of unsavory Ward Churchill online critics. What they are writing is hardly interesting but their unceasing doggedness, repeating only ad hominem attacks, leads … Continue reading →

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Churchill lends trial his sonorous levity

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Eric Verlo

DENVER- Court Room 6 is packed once again as Ward Churchill takes the stand to detail his wrongful dismissal by CU. His testimony began yesterday afternoon, and Attorney David Lane is outlining the basis for damages. Churchill isn’t asking for … Continue reading →

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Driving Miss McIntosh

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Eric Verlo

DENVER- At first the testimony from a CU committee member who voted to dismiss Ward Churchill seemed utterly damning. Dr. Marjorie McIntosh, retired Distinguished Professor of history, gave her testimony by video because she would be lecturing in England at … Continue reading →

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Media coverage of Denver Churchill Trial

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Eric Verlo

DENVER- NMT to the rescue. So far we’ve noticed a strange media dyslexia about the Churchill vs CU trial. When we’ve attended, the proceedings look like a rout for truth and the historical record. When we haven’t made it to … Continue reading →

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America on trial, past if not present

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Eric Verlo

DENVER- The Ward Churchill vs. CU trial continues today, featuring the much anticipated testimony of SCRUM hatchet chairwoman Mimi Wesson. But not before two dramatic points had already been made. First, that eugenics did play a part in the disenfranchisement … Continue reading →

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CU lawyer thinks it was Ward Churchill who may have violated 1st Amendment

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Eric Verlo

DENVER- CHURCHILL TRIAL, DAY TWO. University of Colorado defense attorney Patrick O’Rourke wanted the jury to understand that Freedom of Speech was a complicated matter. He asked Dean of CU’s law school, David Getches, to confirm “Is First Amendment Law … Continue reading →

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State courthouse hosts free speech trial

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Eric Verlo

DENVER- I chose this militant stance. Next time I want to circulate between the four queues waiting to enter the courthouse, dressed in a toga and carrying a Coleman lantern, as a Diogenes might ask: “Is there one American among … Continue reading →

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Westword dumb-alecks are rooting for the separation of Churchill and state

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Eric Verlo

DENVER- This week’s cover of WESTWORD portends the upcoming Ward Churchill trial. The cover features Churchill and colleagues as unsavory caricatures of what looks like a circus of creeps. It points not to a cover story, but to a cartoon … Continue reading →

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