Peter Thiel
A Handy Guide to Peter Thiel's 2016 Supreme Court Rulings
Alexander Hamilton once wrote that of the government’s three branches, the Supreme Court was to be the “least dangerous.” The judiciary, he explained, would have “no influence over either the sword or the purse,” and therefore a limited capacity to “annoy or injure” the rest of ...read more
Roger Ailes Hires the Lawyer Who Took Down Gawker To Possibly Sue New York Magazine
Planet-sized lump of sentient shit Roger Ailes, to no one's surprise, isn't going down without a fight. On the day it was announced that the bill for the damage inflicted by his grotesquely misogynist little kingdom will start at 20 million -- the cost of 21st Century Fox's ...read more
Gawker Files For Bankruptcy, Sends a Chilling Message to Independent Publishers (UPDATE: Gawker Ending Operations)
UPDATE: In a truly shocking turn of events, Gawker will shut down next week, days after its parent company was purchased by Univision for $135m. Gawker founder Nick Denton told staff late yesterday, and it was officially announced on the site itself. For anyone remotely ...read more
The True Enemies of Press Freedom Have Arrived, and Neither is Named 'Obama'
The New York Times' James Risen is by most accounts an outstanding journalist. But being an accomplished reporter evidently doesn't immunize him from jumping aboard the outrage machine, at one time claiming that President Obama is the worst [you name it] ever. Specifically, two ...read more