libel

Jim Geraghty, run-of-the-mill idiot at National Review Online, has an angry column in which he claims the Boston Globe is guilty of “libel” in criticizing Palin for presiding over her local police’s plan to charge rape victims for medical examinations to

The NY Times gives Memphis Rep. Steve Cohen an attaboy for sponsoring a bill protecting American free speech rights against libel judgments in foreign lands with lax protections for free speech:

Just as BMac noted the other day, the Obamaniacs have been smearing, slandering and generally dragging the Palin family through the mud ever since last Friday’s announcement.

Great.

Some moron has taken a wonderful opportunity for people experiencing homelessness to make a little extra money legally, legitimately and honestly and turned it into a ridiculous propaganda effort, exploiting the Homeless in the process while damaging the credibility of Street newspapers everywhere.

Ed Morrissey at Hot Air interviewed Danny Glover from EyeBlast TV and showed this great video.

Karl Rove became totally unhinged during a lecture at the University of Iowa.

55-40 Memphis takes issue with those that say that professional journalists should be afforded protections that citizens should not:

We've had some gnarly weather here lately, which I am told is rather normal for Nashville during the winter time, and this has put a slight damper on the ability of our vendors to stand on corners and sell the newspaper, but something interesting has been happening for our vendors, as well as our paper.

First, regarding our vendors, whenever the weather clears, they can't sell papers fast enough. We just got our first set of customized bags and aprons, so permanent vendors will be ve

“Come out, come out wherever you are!” could be the title of a lawsuit filed in Davidson County on Monday wherein a couple living in Old Hickory Village are suing an anonymous blogger(s) for libel and invasion of privacy.  According to The Tennessean,

The lawsuit would be difficult to win because of free speech protection under the First Amendment, according to Robert Cox,

Apparently you are still having difficulty with the fact that you were in no way specifically targeted in my post, “what you can do with it”. While there was a specific thread that inspired the post, there