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Vol. I · No. 1Prolonging the Slow Death of NewspapersEst. 2026

Fired Up

an arrest

There's something beautiful about this one. Colleen Jenkins: TAMPA - Tod Redman Stewart says he doesn't have a future or much of a life. He lost his freedom, too, Friday to protect his right to burn an American flag.



Stewart, 32, is not the man you might expect to fight for constitutional rights. He is unemployed, goes in and out of jail. A judge deemed him incompetent after a previous flag burning display.



He chose the sidewalk in front of the federal courthouse as his protest ground but was not the main attraction. Television crews ignored him, having gathered to report on a bond hearing for a man accused of transporting explosives.



With the help of an attorney, the man inside…

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