Remembering Bermuda and Mary Celeste Busted! You know as children we sometimes revel in the mistakes of our parents. They are, of course, faultless and will remind you of such until something happens that simply cannot be explained away—not even in the very best examples of parental misdirection. Alas, we were all subject to comparatively…… Continue reading Mary Celeste — The Silence of Seamen
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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