Jay students offer up their opinions

Several weeks ago I had the opportunity to talk to several of Elizabeth Walters' Spanish and English classes at Jay High School. Walters had given the students the task of writing editorials and opinions on topics of their choice.

I spent the morning at Jay High School talking to several classes that not only involved writing editorials but libel laws and other issues newspapers face on a daily basis. I told some old war stories about other newspapers getting sued for some of the craziest things.

I learned a long time ago that knowing the law as it's written isn't worth the paper it's writt...