Censorship, freedom of artistic impression. Freedom of speach

Larry Sarner had an idea, or so he claims. The idea involved “better” voting machines. He raised a lot of money from lenders and investors. The venture failed, miserably, and Sarner, and his wife, Linda Rosa, ended up in bankruptcy court. Sarner drafted his own appeal. It consisted, almost entirely, of a fantastic conspiracy theory of how various parties were seeking to deprive him of his property. The court refused to hear his arguments. Former Sarner associate and occasional supporter...Read Full Story

Dr. Monica Pignotti is seeking to make a reputation and career for herself in the mental health field. Most in this field hold M.D. or Ph.D. degrees. Pignotti has, for some time, been associated with one of the various fringe groups operated by Larry Sarner. This group’s activities seem to be nothing more than defaming licensed mental health practitioners. Sarner holds bachelor’s degrees in political science and mathematics. Sarner is not, and has never been, a licensed mental health...Read Full Story

On June 18, 2010, Advocates for Children in Therapy (Larry Sarner, Linda Rosa, and Jean Mercer) and Charly D. Miller will have to answer for their actions under the aegis of this so-called advocacy group. Both Mercer and Miller have filed laughable petitions with the court. There was also a hilarious last-ditch effort to get the case heard by “Judge Judy”-clearly a ploy for free travel and to have all costs paid for them. It is not known if Monica Pignotti can tear herself away from her blogs...Read Full Story

The Episcopalian Bishops of California have gone public with a recommendation that Proposition 8, which would define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, be rejected. I imagine in Episcopalian churches there will be priests advising their congregation of this political message.Will the IRS be lifting their tax exempt status? I certainly haven't heard an outcry from liberals demanding that the Federal government move in to gag these priests. I am sure liberals and other leftward...Read Full Story

The free speech portion of the First Amendment is the most powerful of the enumerated rights in the Constitution, largely because a well financed media, and the corporate merchants they serve, have a vested interest in commercial free speech. Nonetheless, you can count on some fallout from the recent efforts of the European Union to ban sexist ads—it is certainly the kind of thing that fits in nicely with the agenda of a couple of the Democratic Party's coalition—feminists, nanny poos and the...Read Full Story