Information Wants to Be Free
Remember when internet pioneers would say naive things like “information wants to be free”?
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Remember when internet pioneers would say naive things like “information wants to be free”?
October is Banned Books Month. The first week, October 1-7, is Banned Books Week. Am I sensing a theme here? I started the first day of Banned Books Week with a New York Times op-ed titled This Is Why I Hate Banned Books Week, a recap of the tired talking points book banners spew forth […]
Six short book reviews: fiction, science fiction, historical fiction, espionage thriller, police procedural
Tricks, the 98th most-banned book in the USA between the years 2010 and 2019, jumped to 3rd place in 2022, a year when book challenges, censorship, and bannings mounted at a unprecedented pace.
Hoping for rain in this part of the country is always one of those be-careful-what-you-wish-for deals.