| Subject: Re: Send an email, lose your job |
| From: Tim Rogers <timr@dmagazine.com> |
| Date: 7/21/10, 14:56 |
| To: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> |
Howdy-Let me know if you still want to try again today; if you're busy, no problem.On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Tim Rogers <timr@dmagazine.com> wrote:
Barrett:
I spoke too soon. My wife has come down with something, leaving me in charge of rounding up the kiddos after work. Can we reschedule for tomorrow (assuming she rebounds)?
Sorry to do this to you at such late notice.
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Tim Rogers
Editor
D Magazine
750 N. St. Paul St., Ste. 2100
Dallas, TX 75201
214.939.3636
www.dmagazine.comOn Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey, Tim-Let me know if you still want to meet today at 4:30.On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Sure. Here are a couple from Vanity Fair:That should keep you busy; otherwise, I've got tons more.On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Tim Rogers <timr@dmagazine.com> wrote:
Send me some links to stuff you've written recently.On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Sure, sounds good.On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Tim Rogers <timr@dmagazine.com> wrote:
Next Tuesday, the 20th? 4:15. Old Monk.
That work for you?On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Right on. I should be free from this weekend on. Let me know when would be good for you.--On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Tim Rogers <timr@dmagazine.com> wrote:
Barrett:
This story doesn't excite me much. I'm also not sure it's a Dallas story. Our nutty state school board and how it approves text books is pretty interesting, especially since it has national implications. But this TEA facet of it doesn't strike me as having much of a narrative arc -- and, again, a Dallas connection. Unless I've missed something.
But if you're back in town, we need to hook up and have a beer. What's your schedule like?
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Tim Rogers
Editor
D Magazine
750 N. St. Paul St., Ste. 2100
Dallas, TX 75201
214.939.3636
www.dmagazine.comOn Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 7:09 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Tim-This is Barrett Brown; interned at The Met in 98, currently write for Vanity Fair, Huffington Post, Skeptical Inquirer, New York Press, and a few other things, second book coming out in August. I just moved back to Dallas and wanted to see if you have any interest in a piece on the situation described to me below by the dir of comm at the National Center for Science Education. Please let me know.---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Robert Luhn <luhn@ncse.com>
Date: Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 7:37 PM
Subject: Send an email, lose your job
You may recall that Christine Comer--who was the Director of Science at the Texas Education Agency--was fired in 2007 for forwarding an email which announced a public lecture by NCSE Board member Barbara Forrest. (Forrest was an expert witness in the Kitzmiller v Dover trial and author of a book on the intelligent design movement.) TEA employee Monica Martinez called for Comer's termination, complaining that "Ms. Comer's email implies endorsement of the speaker and implies that TEA endorses the speaker's position on a subject on which the agency must remain neutral."
Comer sued, claiming she was illegally fired. But on Friday, July 2, the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to reinstate her latest suit.
Our story: http://ncse.com/news/2010/07/comer-loses-appeal-005612
Steven Schafersman, Texas Citizens for Science, on the suit: http://www.texscience.org/news/comer/comer-lawsuit-dismissed-2009April1.htm
Court filing: http://ncse.com/webfm_send/1390
Video: "Chris Comer, Expelled for Real"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpCdQ2Tbf6s
background:
"Science Supervisor Chris Comer Sues Texas Education Agency" (2008)
http://ncse.com/news/2008/06/science-supervisor-chris-comer-sues-texas-education-agency-00169
Comer case dismissed (2009)
http://ncse.com/news/2009/04/comer-case-dismissed-004712
Comer appeal heard (2010)
http://ncse.com/news/2010/04/comer-appeal-heard-005475
...also of note: Exclusive chapter excerpt from "Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution". Download it at: http://ncse.com/files/pub/evolution/Excerpt--LifeAscendingb.pdf
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-- Robert Luhn Director of Communications National Center for Science Education, Inc. 420 40th Street, Suite 2 Oakland, CA 94609-2509 510-601-7203 x314 fax: 510-601-7204 800-290-6006 luhn@ncse.com http://www.ncse.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/evolution.ncse YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/NatCen4ScienceEd Twitter: http://twitter.com/ncse
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Regards,
Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY
512-560-2302
Regards,
Barrett Brown
512-560-2302
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Tim Rogers
Editor
D Magazine
750 N. St. Paul St., Ste. 2100
Dallas, TX 75201
214.939.3636
www.dmagazine.com
--
Regards,
Barrett Brown
512-560-2302
--
Tim Rogers
Editor
D Magazine
750 N. St. Paul St., Ste. 2100
Dallas, TX 75201
214.939.3636
www.dmagazine.com
--
Regards,
Barrett Brown
512-560-2302
--
Regards,
Barrett Brown
512-560-2302
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Regards,
Barrett Brown
512-560-2302