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Personal privilege
So, if you check the comments over at Neil Simpson’s blog, somebody asked about the post Simpson deleted, and Simpson answered: Marshall Art, on February 16th, 2008 at 8:56 pm Said: Hey, wasn’t there...
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Schadenfreude alert: Turkish creationist gets three-year sentence
Tape up your face to keep from smiling too broadly, schadenfreude being a sin or close to it. Turkish creationist, bully and general gluteal carbuncle Adnan Oktar got sentenced to three years in prison...
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Censorship in the oddest of places
I think it was Euripides who said, “Whom the gods destroy, they first make mad.” Evidence of the madness sometimes is small compensation for bearing the burden of having to deal with the madness of...
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Ready for Banned Books Week?
We celebrate Banned Books Week September 27 through October 4 this year. Well, maybe it’s more accurate to say we celebrate the books that get banned, and the idea that freedom and liberty require that...
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Impromptu Banned Books Week Carnival
Banned Books Week flies by way too fast. So many banned books, so little time. Was it appropriate for Sarah Palin’s only debate with Joe Biden to come in Banned Books Week? Or, was it fate? Liam...
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ACLU and “Uncensored” exhibit
Special invitation just for you: You’re invited: “Uncensored” Celebration at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin On Friday, September 9, the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas announces...
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Strike a blow for freedom and the Constitution: Read a banned book!
John Maunu reminded me this week is Banned Books Week. Details from the American Library Association: September 24−October 1, 2011 Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to...
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Myanmar freedom of the press? Progress, but not there yet
Burma (Myanmar) (dark green) / ASEAN (dark grey) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Economist carries the good news, with the sober warning that press freedom remains beyond the grasp of Myanmar...
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Banned Books Week is coming, September 22-28, 2013
Got a stack of banned books ready? Banned Books Week is September 22-28 for 2013. So THAT’s what Lady Liberty holds in her left hand. (Reading the Declaration of Indpendence can still get you into...
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Weren’t we supposed to be more free by now? And yet, we still need Banned Books Week (#BannedBooksWeek) to push against censorship and suppression of books. I’m running behind. Banned Books Week 2018...
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