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As a Democrat and a fairly liberal one at that, I enjoy Ann Coulter's satire. With friends, I can be kind of an Ann Coulter myself and it gets tricky because it becomes double satire: I'll satirize something Coulter would satirize while, at the same time, satirizing Ann Coulter!! If nothing else, Jessica Bryan has experienced, in a frightening way, something we English teachers often say when we teach satire: satire is flammable, unpredictable, prone to being read at face value, combustible. Many times satire falls on tin ears. When it does, often the fit hits the shan -- Raymond Pert/Kellogg Bloggin'.

DFO: Hat tip to my cyber friend Raymond Pert for trying to understand what really went on in the classroom of North Idaho College English instructor Jessica Bryan. I'm writing my bi-weekly column about student Linda Cook's close encounter with Bryan over the teacher's Repub jabs that takes a different approach. The more the merrier.

Question: Have you learned anything from the flap involving NIC instructor Jessica Bryan?

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