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Left-Wing Nudnik Fends Off Suit From Right-Wing Nudnik

By Daniel Treiman November 30, 2007

Left-wing blogger Richard Silverstein has had a libel suit against him dismissed by a judge, he reports on his Tikkun Olam blog. Right-wing activist Rachel Neuwirth apparently was upset that he referred to her as “Kahanist swine.”

With the lawsuit now behind him, Silverstein can now go back to kvetching full time.

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