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18 Dec 2010, 11:51 am by Charles Platt
by Charles Platt After Amazon caved in and removed _The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure_, other titles with erotic content are now being targeted. [read post]
17 Dec 2010, 7:39 pm by Charles Platt
by Charles Platt I’m getting an uneasy feeling when I watch Julian Assange using pretentious phrases such as “my philosophy” and “my work. [read post]
11 Dec 2010, 11:37 pm by Charles Platt
by Charles Platt The text of the poem is circulating freely online, so, here it is: – THE SNIPER As the tyrant enters his cross hairs the breath he takes is deep His focus is square on the target as he begins to release A patriot for his people he knows this shot will cost [...] [read post]
1 Nov 2010, 9:04 pm by Charles Platt
by Charles Platt I’m slightly stunned to learn that Bob Guccione died ten days ago. [read post]
8 Oct 2010, 5:50 pm by Geneve Mantri
Courthouse (c) Spencer Platt/Getty Images There is something stately about the Daniel P. [read post]
4 Oct 2010, 7:42 am by Steven M. Taber
The following is a summary review of articles from all over the nation concerning environmental law settlements, decisions, regulatory actions and lawsuits filed during the past week. [read post]
19 Sep 2010, 5:41 pm by Mark Bennett
The First Amendment, you will be unsurprised to learn, is huge in the blogosphere, with about 13,565 mentions between September 12 and September 19, 2010.1 The leading First Amendment blog is the Legal Satyricon, where Charles Platt notes that U.S. [read post]
15 Sep 2010, 10:59 pm by Charles Platt
by Charles Platt On Good Morning America, Breyer compares burning a Koran to shouting “Fire! [read post]
14 Sep 2010, 10:44 am by Charles Platt
by Charles Platt Send a drunken email from the UK to the White House, calling the president a prick, and you’re banned from the United States for life. [read post]
9 Sep 2010, 11:06 pm by Charles Platt
by Charles Platt Nice piece at cnet by Declan McCullagh summarizes the worsening situation re Craigslist. [read post]
9 Sep 2010, 6:51 pm by Charles Platt
by Charles Platt Terry Jones, who has backed away from his plan to burn Korans this weekend, turns out to run a ministry which has cultish attributes, including a rule book that encourages the faithful to limit contact with unenlightened family members, it says here. [read post]
20 Aug 2010, 11:58 am by Charles Platt
by Charles Platt Both sides are claiming tolerance. [read post]
12 Aug 2010, 6:00 am
In other news an 18-year-old RAGBRAI rider from Bettendorf went missing and then was found in Charles City. [read post]
1 Jun 2010, 7:09 pm by Charles Platt
by Charles Platt The National Hispanic Media Coalition, which contains groups with harmless or even benign-sounding names such as Free Press, the Media Access Project, Common Cause, and the Prometheus Radio Project, renewed its demands earlier this month for the FCC to investigate “hate speech” and “misinformation” in the media. [read post]
19 May 2010, 6:18 pm by Charles Platt
by Charles Platt aka Ahmed Mom I do hope the free speech advocates who frequent this forum will be observing Draw Mohammed Day, scheduled to begin tomorrow. [read post]
17 May 2010, 8:17 pm by Charles Platt
by Charles Platt “The Supreme Court ruled Monday that federal officials can indefinitely hold inmates considered ‘sexually dangerous’ after their prison terms are complete. [read post]
17 May 2010, 5:18 pm by Charles Platt
by Charles Platt In West Virginia, you can lose your license for a year even if there’s no proof that you were driving, or there’s a possibility that you might have done all your drinking after driving. [read post]
12 May 2010, 9:53 pm by Charles Platt
by Charles Platt I assume you legally qualified guys have seen this quote: “Whether a given category of speech enjoys First Amendment protection depends upon a categorical balancing of the value of the speech against its societal costs. [read post]
9 May 2010, 5:00 pm by Charles Platt
by Charles Platt Recently I was talking to a criminal attorney who handles a lot of drug cases. [read post]