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Right and Left Both Want To Cancel Books They Don't Like Sep. 18, 2024
Both the right and the left are waging a war against books. The right is focusing on schools. Accord... Read More
Library's Offering of a Porn How-To Book Is Self-Sabotage at a Dangerous Time Sep. 25, 2023
American libraries are in a dangerous moment. Elected demagogues and right-wing mobs are attacking t... Read More
Not All Book Bans Are Equal Aug. 01, 2023
All things are not equal and morally relative. This reality should guide school district officials i... Read More
Ashcroft's Library-Censorship Rules Are Putting a Wall Between Teens and Books Jul. 21, 2023
It's difficult enough in the internet age to get kids interested in the joys of ink-on-paper books. ... Read More
St. Charles Controversy Shows What a Slippery Slope Now Threatens Libraries Jun. 28, 2023
The culture wars came to St. Charles with a vengeance this week. Tuesday's raucous meeting of the St... Read More
If Screenwriters Should Make More Money, Shouldn't Book Writers, Too? May. 31, 2023
Members of the Writers Guild of America, those people who write streaming series like Bridgerton, Te... Read More
Hot Mic Moment for Kansas GOP Official Reveals the Depth of Party's Hostility May. 25, 2023
For anyone who wonders why legislators in red states like Missouri keep passing laws that seem to ha... Read More
Steve Rattner Explains Your Life's Purpose for You Apr. 26, 2023
Do you find it as charming as I do when some leisure-class corporate chieftain whines that America's... Read More
Touting the Leftist Crusaders Against 'Book Bans' Mar. 29, 2023
The Left is in an uproar. Parents opposed to their indoctrinating ways are forming a resistance move... Read More
Conservative Chicken Mar. 10, 2023
I guess it started when I tried to figure out if smoking weed is liberal or conservative. I don't sm... Read More
How to Be Better at Reading in a World Full of Distractions Jun. 04, 2022
Mental escapism has never felt more necessary than in these unrelenting, punishing news days. It's e... Read More
The Making of a Reader Feb. 04, 2022
There's a voracious reader in all of us, I thought, but my youngest daughter was determined to prove... Read More
Drag Queen Story Time ... Expanded Oct. 15, 2021
Not everything means what it seems to mean. In the post-industrial New England town where I live, th... Read More
Meaning of 'Moot' Is a Moot Question Jun. 16, 2021
It's 11:45 a.m. at the faculty lunch table. A heated argument breaks out when an art teacher asks: "... Read More
My Offshore Library: University of Puerto Rico, 1978-1985 (Part II) May. 01, 2021
In 1976, Italian historian Carlo Ginzburg delighted readers with his oddly titled book "Il formaggio... Read More
The Joy of Books May. 01, 2021
First, there was the gas leak. That I could smell. What I should have done that very minute was char... Read More
My Offshore Library: University of Puerto Rico, 1978-1985 (Part I) Apr. 24, 2021
I love books. I am fond of them for the words they speak and the ideas they convey, for the stories ... Read More
10,000 Useful Tips To Save Time and Money ... and Counting! Oct. 07, 2020
Today, I have a bunch of tips for you. These are quick, wonderful ways to save time and money every ... Read More
Public Library Services You May Not Know About That Can Save You Money Sep. 21, 2020
My adult children are big on borrowing stuff from their parents. And, from time to time, they may fa... Read More
It's Never Too Late To Do the Right Thing Mar. 23, 2020
My dear readers: As I was cleaning out some old, irrelevant files, I came across something I wrote b... Read More
