Shield laws

The Outpost editor recently saw "The Truth About Cats and Dogs," a movie in which a key scene involves Uma Thurman placing her finger up a turtle's butt.

We thought the turtle overplayed the scene. He managed to keep a poker face, but stuck his head out of his shell with a bit more alacrity than the script required.

Nevertheless, the Outpost editor was inspired enough to stick his own head out of the shell far enough this week to write about this interesting case involving Montana's shield law.

While you are there, you will want to take a look at Roger Clawson's column, in which he poses his own odd but strangely appropriate entry in the competition to give Billings a new catchphrase. Clawson left his shell behind long ago.