Correction.In "Freedom Riders freedom rider n. One of an interracial group of civil rights activists in the early 1960s who rode buses through parts of the southern United States for the purpose of challenging racial segregation. " (November), Jeff Hennie, vice president for government relations at the Motorcycle Riders Foundation, was misidentiffed as "head" of that organization in a subsequent reference. reason news October's Playboy hails reason online's Hit & Run as one of "Five Winning Political Blogs A political blog is a common type of blog that comments on politics. In liberal democracies the right to criticize the government without interference is considered an important element of free speech. ," noting "these caustic, sarcastic sar·cas·tic adj. 1. Expressing or marked by sarcasm. 2. Given to using sarcasm. [sarc(asm) + -astic, as in enthusiastic. , thought-provoking libertarians pick fights (sometimes with each other) and sacrifice sacred cows sacred cow n. One that is immune from criticism, often unreasonably so: "The need for widespread secrecy has become a sacred cow" Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. ." Check it out: reason.com/hitandrun. |
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