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Recently, the Chattanooga Times Free-Press took steps to shut down anonymous comment on stories it posts online.

The newspaper is still allowing comment on opinion pieces — editorials, letters, editorial cartoons — posted online.

Managing editor Alison Gerber made this point:

By Ken Paulson, First Amendment Center
The Supreme Court just put a price tag on some formerly free speech.

In a 6-2 vote on Jan. 18, the Court upheld a 1994 law that extended copyright protection to foreign films, books, paintings and other art that had previously been in the public domain and available free to U.S. residents.

When I was a junior in high school, my family moved from the community I had grown up in to a new place an hour and a half away.

Being the new kid in a new school was difficult, but things got worse when a story appeared in the local newspaper.

Our newly constructed house was on a country lane just outside of town. It had a septic tank, which a neighbor contended had been incorrectly installed. I assume she watched the work being done from her house, although there were indications she just didn’t want the lot beside her developed.

I’m back on track with my dog-walking this week, thanks to our recent spring-like interlude.
It has felt good to be in the sunshine.
January seems to be flying by more quickly than usual, in part because of the more temperate winter weather.
I figure winter will whomp its hammer down on us at some point; like cats, the extreme seasons toy with us before they really mess us up.
For now, I’m really enjoying not freezing half to death.