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from The Atlantic Magazine
Oliver Wendell Holmes made the analogy during a controversial Supreme Court case that was overturned more than 40 years ago.
Ninety-three years ago, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote what is perhaps the most well-known -- yet misquoted and misused -- phrase in Supreme Court history: "The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic." Without fail, whenever a free speech controversy hits, someone will cite this phrase as proof of limits on the First Amendment. And whatever that controversy may be, "the law"--as some have curiously called it--can be interpreted to suggest that we should err on the side of censorship. Holmes' quote has become a crutch for every censor in America, yet the quote is wildly misunderstood.
from The Daily Caller
from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, WA
Isolated NYC borough says help is slow after Sandy
Eileen Aj Connelly, Meghan Barr Associated Press
Bodies found as Sandy leaves
Victims include New York boys swept from their mother’s arms
Molly Hennessy-Fiske
Bloomberg: NYC Marathon will go on
Jennifer Peltz, Rachel Cohen Associated Press
Long lines, rising tempers seen at gas stations
Eileen Aj Connelly, Meghan Barr Associated Press
Tired of dark, Sandy victims head to loved ones
Leanne Italie, Verena Dobnik Associated Press
Officials: No delays in rescue efforts in Libya
CIA refutes report of telling personnel to ‘stand down’
Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press
Eileen Aj Connelly, Meghan Barr Associated Press
Bodies found as Sandy leaves
Victims include New York boys swept from their mother’s arms
Molly Hennessy-Fiske
Jennifer Peltz, Rachel Cohen Associated Press
Eileen Aj Connelly, Meghan Barr Associated Press
Lines at East Coast gas stations steam commuters
Karen Matthews Associated Press
Karen Matthews Associated Press
Tired of dark, Sandy victims head to loved ones
Leanne Italie, Verena Dobnik Associated Press
Coast Guard probing cause of tall ship’s sinking
Associated Press
Associated Press
With offices out, NY Daily News keeps publishing
Christina Rexrode Associated Press
In brief: From Wire Reports:
Jerusalem – More than 24 years after Palestinian military leader Khalil Ibrahim Wazir was assassinated in Tunisia, Israel has acknowledged for the first time that its spy agency Mossad carried out the killing.
Wazir, one of the founders of the Fatah Party and a top aide to the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, was viewed by Israel as a terrorist and by Palestinians as a freedom fighter.
After refusing for years to confirm publicly Israel’s role in the April 16, 1988, assassination, the nation’s military censors on Thursday permitted the Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot to publish an interview with the commander who led the secret mission. The article had reportedly been suppressed by censors for more than a decade.
Wazir, also known as Abu Jihad, was believed to have been behind numerous strikes against Israelis, including a 1978 bus-hijacking attack that killed 38 Israelis, and to have helped organize the 1987 Palestinian uprising known as the first Intifada from his base in Tunisia.
The killing was condemned by the United States and international community and was widely believed to have been carried out by Israel.
Sanctions eased to allow medicine sales
Washington – The Obama administration has quietly eased restrictions on the sale of medicine to Iran amid signs that concern over the suffering of ordinary citizens could complicate an international campaign to punish Iran for its disputed nuclear program.
Though U.S. rules have always permitted American firms to sell medicine and medical supplies to Iran, exporters have been required to apply for special licenses. Last month, the Treasury Department changed the rules to provide what amounts to a “standing authorization” for sales of certain foods and medicines to ease the paperwork burden, a spokesman for the department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control said.
“The goal is not for the sanctions to obstruct this kind of trade,” said the spokesman.
Fake IRS site scams taxpayers
The IRS is warning taxpayers about a new scam that uses a fake tax-help website to gain personal financial information.
The Web page “looks almost identical” to the real IRS e-Services page, the tax agency said in a news release. But the e-Services page is available only to tax preparers, not the general public, the release said.
It’s one of many phony IRS website scams.
“The address of the official IRS website is www.irs.gov. Don’t be misled by sites claiming to be the IRS but ending in .com, .net, .org or other designations instead of .gov,” the news release said.
Christina Rexrode Associated Press
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Israel acknowledges assassinating Wazir
Jerusalem – More than 24 years after Palestinian military leader Khalil Ibrahim Wazir was assassinated in Tunisia, Israel has acknowledged for the first time that its spy agency Mossad carried out the killing.
Wazir, one of the founders of the Fatah Party and a top aide to the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, was viewed by Israel as a terrorist and by Palestinians as a freedom fighter.
After refusing for years to confirm publicly Israel’s role in the April 16, 1988, assassination, the nation’s military censors on Thursday permitted the Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot to publish an interview with the commander who led the secret mission. The article had reportedly been suppressed by censors for more than a decade.
Wazir, also known as Abu Jihad, was believed to have been behind numerous strikes against Israelis, including a 1978 bus-hijacking attack that killed 38 Israelis, and to have helped organize the 1987 Palestinian uprising known as the first Intifada from his base in Tunisia.
The killing was condemned by the United States and international community and was widely believed to have been carried out by Israel.
Sanctions eased to allow medicine sales
Washington – The Obama administration has quietly eased restrictions on the sale of medicine to Iran amid signs that concern over the suffering of ordinary citizens could complicate an international campaign to punish Iran for its disputed nuclear program.
Though U.S. rules have always permitted American firms to sell medicine and medical supplies to Iran, exporters have been required to apply for special licenses. Last month, the Treasury Department changed the rules to provide what amounts to a “standing authorization” for sales of certain foods and medicines to ease the paperwork burden, a spokesman for the department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control said.
“The goal is not for the sanctions to obstruct this kind of trade,” said the spokesman.
Fake IRS site scams taxpayers
The IRS is warning taxpayers about a new scam that uses a fake tax-help website to gain personal financial information.
The Web page “looks almost identical” to the real IRS e-Services page, the tax agency said in a news release. But the e-Services page is available only to tax preparers, not the general public, the release said.
It’s one of many phony IRS website scams.
“The address of the official IRS website is www.irs.gov. Don’t be misled by sites claiming to be the IRS but ending in .com, .net, .org or other designations instead of .gov,” the news release said.
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CIA refutes report of telling personnel to ‘stand down’
Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press
US officials counter reports on Benghazi attacks
Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press
Timeline of rescue effort events
Pentagon saw chance for hostage mission in Libya
The Associated Press
Home tour is step back in time
Preserved houses include mayor’s, from 1910
Mike Prager The Spokesman-Review
Editorial: Spokane’s historical abundance spans city
Correction (published Nov. 9): The Monroe Street Bridge was constructed in 1911. McKinstry is located in the restored Spokane and Inland Empire Rail Road (SIERR) Rail Car Facility. The bridge’s completion, and name of the McKinstry location, were incorrect in the Nov. 2 editorial.
DC judge orders some Watergate records unsealed
Final 10-mile trek for space shuttle Atlantis
Where are all the space shuttles now?
Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press
The Associated Press
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Preserved houses include mayor’s, from 1910
Mike Prager The Spokesman-Review
Correction (published Nov. 9): The Monroe Street Bridge was constructed in 1911. McKinstry is located in the restored Spokane and Inland Empire Rail Road (SIERR) Rail Car Facility. The bridge’s completion, and name of the McKinstry location, were incorrect in the Nov. 2 editorial.
Where are all the space shuttles now?
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Traditional ceremonies give the dead their due
from The Wenatchee World
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| One of Wenatchee’s pioneering families, the Amos Peters family, in 1918. The occasion was the golden wedding anniversary of Amos (also known as Elder) and his wife. The couple are seated with their daughter, Katie. Their sons are, from left standing, John, James, Marvin and Hiram. Peters first arrived in Wenatchee in 1900. He and his wife returned to the valley in 1903 and settled in Sunnyslope. |
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Traditional ceremonies give the dead their due
Internet rolls into Bangladesh villages on a bike
Liberty Bell teachers show their ‘Gangnam Style’
More doctors honor religious objections to blood transfusions
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Liberty Bell teachers show their ‘Gangnam Style’
More doctors honor religious objections to blood transfusions
Wilf Woods: Historic ski exhibits will check in for stays at Leavenworth inns this fall
Rufus Woods / Group launching effort to improve forest health
Rufus Woods / Group launching effort to improve forest health
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