Four women suing Girls Gone Wild, at least one of whom was 13 when filmed, are asking that their names stay under wraps. But several newspapers have argued in court that they have a right to know the women's names. » 10/27/10 1:25pm 10/27/10 1:25pm

Here's an opposition response to the lingerie-clad pro-Putin calendar girls. Alas, our reader-submitted taglines, including "I want you to tie me down and gag me like you do to the free press," came too late. » 10/08/10 11:57am 10/08/10 11:57am

Formerly detained journalist Roxana Saberi has announced that she is working on a memoir to be released in March 2010. The book will cover her arrest in January, her trial and sentencing, and eventual release. [AP] » 6/23/09 10:20am 6/23/09 10:20am

Roxana Saberi met with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday to thank her for pushing for her release from Iran's Evin prison. The state-run news network in Iran has pointed out that Saberi still hasn't thanked Iranian officials for freeing her. » 5/28/09 9:30am 5/28/09 9:30am

Lebanon's deliberately controversial Jasad ("Body") magazine got off to a predictably controversial start. So how's the self-described breaker of "the obscurantist taboos" actually working out? » 5/13/09 1:00pm 5/13/09 1:00pm

• McCain and his staff have smartly given up trying to win an electoral mandate and are pursuing a "narrow-victory strategy." What that means is that they have no intention of doing anything other than personally attacking Obama for the next 18 days in order to freak people out that they can squeak out an Electoral…
» 10/17/08 6:40pm 10/17/08 6:40pm

• This is an actual direct mail piece from the Virginia Republican Party, encouraging people to vote against "evil." I encourage people to vote against evil, too — the kind of evil that would stoke racial fears to win an election. [Mark Halperin]
• Also, please vote against the kind of evil that thinks it's funny to put a…
» 10/16/08 6:30pm 10/16/08 6:30pm

• Stephen Price is the senior writer for the Tallahassee Democrat (no relation to the Party) and tends to stick out just a touch when in a scrum of mostly-white political reporters. Last week at a McCain rally, he stuck out so much that a McCain staffer asked him and his legitimate press credential to leave. McCain's…
» 8/05/08 6:00pm 8/05/08 6:00pm