[San Jacinto]

Jim Witt assured the students that the reporter's message "does not represent in any way the opinion or practices of our newspaper,"

That is a lie. The Startle-gram was just P.O.'ed that one of their junior socialists came out of the closet and revealed himself. The paper is a piece of liberal trash.

[skeeter]

I'd wager he wasn't fired for writing the letter per se. The paper probably asked him to apologize after the incident became public, and when he refused they fired him for insubordination.

[driftless]

F-W Star Telegram is also Red Molly Ivins's rag too isn't it? Sheesh, who would of guessed that many commies in the Lone Star state. What's going on down there? I expect leftist nitwits in my home state of Wisconsin, but Texas?!?