When Michael Jordan was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009, Time, Inc. published a special commemorative issue of Sports Illustrated Presents. Jewel Foods, Inc., a Chicago-area supermarket chain store operator was offered advertising space in the publication in exchange for placement of the edition its approximately 175 stores. Jewel apparently
“We are witnessing today a tremendous and ominous expansion of preventive law in the area of civil liberties. More and more, our controls are being devised not as punishment for actual wrongful conduct, but with a view to preventing future evils by a series of restrictions and qualifications that seriously jeopardize freedom of expression.” Thomas
Following the approval of a nativity display in Florida’s State Capitol rotunda–an area designated as a ‘public forum’–Chaz Stevens obtained approval to display a Festivus Pole also on the grounds. Constructed of empty Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer Cans and PVC pipe, the minimalistic monument is a reference to the holiday “Festivus” in the popular ’90s
“Cyberbullying” is described on Wikipedia as the “use of the Internet and related technologies to harm” another person “in a deliberate, repeated and hostile manner.” In Tennessee, if a cyberbully is charged with a crime, it is usually criminal harassment. While some states have adopted specific cyberstalking and internet harassment laws, the Tennessee General Assembly