The Corner

Is Name-Calling a Crime?

What next? Aggressive teasing? From Drudge: “A woman accused of using racial epithets while waiting for food at a Connecticut Taco Bell drive-through window was arrested Wednesday. Jennifer Farrelly, 19, of East Windsor, has been charged with ridicule on account of race, creed or color and second-degree breach of peace.” Now, no one condones the use of racial epithets. But can you really be “charged with ridicule” in the United States of America? (Thanks, hard-working Kevin.)

Warren BellWarren Bell was nominated June 20, 2006, by President George W. Bush to be a member of the Board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for the remainder of a ...
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