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Sarah Palin defamation suit v NYT dismissed
Ooh ooh ooh, I do so love being right! Thanks to Zoe Tillman, who tweeted the news even before the Times posted it. And do read Judge Jed Rakoff’s paragraph below about the First Amendment and political journalism. It shines … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged defamation lawsuits, First Amendment, freedom of the press, Jed Rakoff, Sarah Palin, summary dismissal, Zoe Tillman
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“How to Make Fun of Nazis”
Source: How to Make Fun of Nazis – The New York Times Loved this opinion piece by Moises Velasquez-Manoff in today’s New York Times, and not because it expanded upon my own views about violent and non-violent protest. Well, maybe … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged Charlottesville, Erica Chenoweth, First Amendment, Gene Lyons, Maria Stephan, Moises Velasquez-Manoff, Nazis, non-violent protest, political protest, satire as protest, violent protest, Why Civil Resistance Works
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“Ban the Open Carry of Firearms”
Back in 2012, when I wrote the One Gun One Child Act (never passed because it never made it into Congress and ergo never past the NRA which probably never read it because HYSTERIA/VIOLENCE, blah blah blah), I did not … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged Charlottesville, Everytown for Gun Safety, First Amendment, gun control, John Feinblatt, neo-Nazis, one gun one child act, open carry laws, Second Amendment, well regulated militia
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