Persecution

Terry A. Dalton sets the record straight on journalist and victim of the left Jack Kelley:

.... Kelley never had any trouble communicating with -- indeed, inspiring -- college students. I know this because I witnessed it, both during field trips with my McDaniel College students to USA TODAY from 1998 to 2002 and especially at a remarkable talk that Kelley gave to an overflow audience on my campus in September 1999.

At his newspaper, Kelley not only was a compelling speaker on three occasions, but also a journalist who seemed to genuinely care about what was on the minds of the students.

At every session, he was gracious, polite to a fault and unfailingly inspirational.

During his multimedia presentation on the McDaniel campus, his message was so moving and passionate that some students were in tears and most others were in awe.

In nearly 20 years of bringing professional journalists and college students together, I never have witnessed a more convincing or effective speaker than Kelley. Students talked about him for weeks after his 1999 visit, and many of them even kept in e-mail contact with him.

Read David Limbaugh's meticulously researched book, people. It's all in there.