(not Simon!) Alex Taylor’s “Beasts” series continues with homicidal sleepwalking zombies — three words I would have heavily wagered to never type together. Alas, they exist, and you can further research them HERE. Featured in the Gainesville Times, March 8, 1988, Prof. Alex Taylor tells of a one Simon Fraser. No, not the Jacobite clan…… Continue reading Beasts — Simon Sleeps, Simon Says
Category: Law
Love, Mom — Joe Majczek’s Wrongful Conviction in 1932
Who is Joe Majczek? We hear all too much about bad journalists, bad journalism, fake news, yadda yadda … We’ve also endured the constant castigations of zealous police who’ve not only overstepped their authority, they’ve committed atrocities incomprehensible to conventional understanding. When it comes to capital crimes and coverups from our most precious defenders, nothing…… Continue reading Love, Mom — Joe Majczek’s Wrongful Conviction in 1932
Liberty of the (op)Press(ed) — The Zenger Trial
Got a real Zenger for you: (Sorry, couldn’t resist) I’d label this a timely column given the state of liberties taken with journalism lately. Such arguments, it seems, have always been in play. Originally published in the Gainesville Times, February 9, 1988, Prof. Alex Taylor shares the birth of a U.S. freedom. “It’s not libel…… Continue reading Liberty of the (op)Press(ed) — The Zenger Trial