The contemporary equivalent of Hustler Magazine v. Falwell was dismissed earlier this week. No dramatic legal proceedings, no Moral Majority sort of uproar, and hopefully probably no subsequent Courtney Love popcorn vehicle — New Jersey Superior Court Judge Menelaos Toskos simply determined that a lawsuit against the website-turned-book Hot Chicks with Douchebags did not qualify […]
Alexandra Gutierrez
Alexandra Gutierrez is a reporter based in the Aleutian Islands. She is also former associate web editor of The American Prospect.
DIRTY HARRY, UNLUCKY AND UNEMPLOYED.
Even cops can’t get any love from conservatives. Stimulus skeptics are railing against Congress’ plans to provide $4 billion to law enforcement, using the stale argument that no sort of spending will ever stimulate the economy. It’s no matter that police departments are feeling the burn of shrunken budgets and that many may cut staff […]

