Little Rock It is going past bizarre into the realm of just plain scary. We’re past the wrong-headed witch hunts and conspiracies of Senator Joe McCarthy, and have gone into the territory of bull goose loonies where there are no boundaries. Every time we come to a point where we believe we’ve hit bottom, and …
Category: Ideas and Issues
SLAPP Suits are Back!
Little Rock SLAPP suits used to be so common that we had to routinely include discussion of their likelihood in campaign training sessions. SLAP stood for Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. They were a huge pain in the pocketbook! Of course such suits never went away as a tool of corporations and conservatives to achieve …
Support Increasing for Banning Guns at Public Demonstrations
New Orleans There are practical steps that can be taken to prevent another Charlottesville, especially the armed and dangerous intimidation waiting to pull a trigger in the future. Anthony Romero, the head of the ACLU, announced that they will not defend groups on free speech grounds who are seeking to march with guns in armed …