Public Figures

Letting Your Fearless Flag Fly

Kaylee Scottaline | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Creativity, Courage, Dreams, Writing, Cosmopolitan, Becoming Fearless, Personal Stories, Becoming-Fearless, Public Figures, Healthy Living News
Kaylee Scottaline

Those of us who use our own life experiences as material are certainly no strangers to judgment. And that alone gives us the right to fly our fearless flags high.

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Role Models and the Real World

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Anti-Rolemodels, Tony Porter, Heroes, Celebrity Packaging, Male Role Models, Mothers, Manhoods, Role Models, Mom and Dad Families, Fathers, Two Mother Families, Boys, Public Figures, "Don't Act Like a Man, Arkansas Football Coach, Single Mother Families, Women, Men, Ted, Female Role Models, Bobby Petrino, Parents News
Dr. Peggy Drexler

The increasing fallibility and uncertain availability of XY-chromosome role models combines with the blurring of gender roles to raise a question: Does a male role model actually have to be a man?

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Protecting Our Free Speech

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Free Press, Anti-SLAPP Act, Public-Figures, Libel, Anti-Slapp, Defamation, New York Times v Sullivan, Public Figures, World News
Iris Erlingsdottir

After the recent Reykjavik District Court decisions penalizing a journalist for reprinting publicly-available information and presenting both sides of a domestic dispute, the Icelandic Supreme Court has taken some baby steps towards establishing a free press in Iceland.

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Fame: How Low Can You Go?

Natasha Dern | Posted 05.25.2011

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Natasha Dern

Most celebrities are not good role models and should not be regarded as such. They live in a bubble of excess, indulgence, and access.

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All Together Now: We're All Very, Very Sorry (The Remix)

Keith Blanchard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Keith Blanchard

Words cannot begin to express how sorry and saddened I am over what transpired. I let my family down, and I let this country down.

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