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I had a real simple proposition: That if you make a practice of killing other people's babies for personal gain, comfortability, quality of life, that eventually they're going to give you a taste of the same thing
Former Colo. U. prof defends his work Mar 24, 2009
The only reason Churchill is not one of the actual profiles is because I wrote so much about him in the introduction that it would have been redundant
Colorado activist heads right-wing list Feb 13, 2006
Political interests -- whether internal or external to the university -- do not have the prerogative to remove professors or to silence them because of disagreements for their beliefs
Judge to decide whether prof gets job back Jul 02, 2009
Ward LeRoy Churchill (born October 2, 1947) is an American writer and political activist. He was a professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1990 to 2007. The primary focus of his work is on the historical treatment of political dissenters and Native Americans by the United States. His work features controversial and provocative claims, written in a direct – often confrontational – style.
In January 2005, Churchill's work attracted publicity, with the widespread circulation of a 2001 essay, On the Justice of Roosting Chickens. In the essay, he claimed that the September 11, 2001 attacks were provoked by U.S. policy, and referred to some people working in the World Trade Center as "technocrats" and "little Eichmanns". In March 2005 the University of Colorado began investigating allegations that Churchill had engaged in research misconduct; it reported in June 2006 that he had done so. Churchill was fired on July 24, 2007, leading to a claim from some scholars that he was fired over the ideas he expressed. Churchill filed a lawsuit against the University of Colorado for unlawful termination of employment. In April 2009 a Denver jury found that Churchill was wrongly fired, awarding him $1 in damages.
Churchill was born in Elmwood, Illinois and attended local schools, including Elmwood High School. In 1966, Churchill was drafted into the United States Army. On his 1980 resume, Churchill said he served as a public-information specialist who "wrote and edited the battalion newsletter and wrote news releases."