Sandra Fluke, Classic Cars & Nostalgia For Outdoorsmen: Listening to Local Voices

1. There's been a lot of talk about Sandra Fluke and Rush Limbaugh in the news lately.

A question that's been asked a lot -- "Could Fluke sue Limbaugh? Should she?"

Sure, she could sue; but, in the opinion of attorney/Patch blogger Dennis Spirgen, it wouldn't be successful.

Spirgen thinks that Fluke's decision to testify before Congress made her a public figure. Furthermore, it is much more difficult to prove someone slandered a public, as opposed to private, figure.

"American society expects public figures to accept much harsher criticism and even abuse as part of the price for being given power and influence," Spirgen writes.

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2. Nostalgia tends to be blinding.

We all fall into the trap of thinking that things are not as good as the "good old days," regardless of what days we're talking about.

Blogger/outdoorsman Shawn VanHuss says that hunters who think it's gotten worse for them in the last few decades are forgetting what it used to be like.

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3. In the light of the recent tragedy in Chardon, blogger and attorney Bill Joherl explains the Ohio Victims of Crime Compensation Program and .

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