[brbethke]

This is a test. Given your previously stated opinions, please answer yes or no:

1. Do you agree that the NEA and all similar taxpayer-funded arts grant programs should be abolished immediately?
    
2. Do you agree that professors and teachers who create art during the hours in which they are being paid to educate students should be at least denied tenure, and preferably fired?

[wideawake]

Question 1: Yes. There is no need for art to be subsidized by the government.

Question 2: the process of writing can make some professors better teachers of their subject and more valuable to their students. As long as they show up for class, teach their students well and make themselves available to their students for assistance and instruction outside of class - that is, fulfill their responsibilities - who cares how they structure their time?

Tenure should be abolished.