Jillian Bandes Quotations

I have a right to say these things without censorship. Isn't it the duty of an opinion writer to be provocative and stir debate?

I think that societal influences were the reason behind my dismissal.

I told (the sources) the story would be about both a post-9/11, Arabs in America kind of thing and racial profiling. The quotes showed they at least tacitly agreed with my column.