This Week's Inquirer: Sarah Palin shouldn’t have sued the New York Times over a bad verb

Avoiding a sloppy verb could have avoided a lawsuit and saved everyone a lot of trouble (and legal fees).

Poor Sarah Palin.

If only she had a better grasp of grammar, she could have saved herself a lot of legal fees. Instead she’s muddling along as one of nearly 50 middling candidates in a battle for Alaska’s sole U.S. House seat — and in court, she’s already a loser. Again.

On May 31, a judge ruled against Palin’s bid for a new libel trial against the New York Times. At issue was its 2017 editorial that she claimed drew a connection between a map that the noted hunting enthusiast’s political action committee had circulated — which depicted crosshairs over certain targeted electoral districts — and the assassination attempt of Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords.

Read this week’s full column in the Philadelphia Inquirer.