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Propaganda Day.(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the Editor)

The New American

| November 28, 2005 | Scott, Joshua | COPYRIGHT 2005 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

I just finished reading your article "The Danger of a Federal Curriculum" (October 17 issue) about the congressionally mandated Constitution Day, and it deeply affected me. I have recently had a personal experience with the new "Unconstitutional Day" (as the article puts it).

I am currently attending Louisiana State University in Shreveport. Since I plan to study law, and especially constitutional law, I was naturally quite interested, though skeptical, about what my school would do to implement the new law. My skepticism turned out to be well-founded. The event put on by the school was a speech by Rhode Island Supreme Court Chief Justice Hon. E J. Williams.

His speech consisted mainly of "debunking myths" about the Constitution. I won't go into details, but essentially there were six "myths" that he dealt with, and he ...

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