{"id":5593,"date":"2011-03-30T09:46:58","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T16:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=5593"},"modified":"2011-05-13T15:23:10","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T22:23:10","slug":"banned-book-news-roundup-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=5593","title":{"rendered":"Banned Book News Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Here’s an interesting and timely article<\/a> on how collective bargaining can protect the free speech rights of public employees; specifically, librarians and teachers.<\/p>\n

I knew<\/em> there was a reason why we’re supposed to keep quiet in the library<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Remember those Texas prison wardens who were not allowing inmates to read certain books and magazines?\u00a0 Looks like a warden in South Carolina has taken the idea to its logical conclusion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That craven Bedford, New Hampshire school superintendent who immediately pulled two books from a high school reading list after one kid’s parents objected to them?\u00a0 Now he’s making a checklist<\/a> to help him decide which other books to ban.\u00a0 Dude, man up … them Texas prison wardens don’t need no stinking checklist!<\/p>\n

Oh great.\u00a0 Now they’re going after bookstores<\/a>.\u00a0 They’d better hurry before they’re all gone.<\/p>\n

Ever wonder about the mentality of parents who restrict what their children read, and want to restrict what your children read too?\u00a0 Warning: this online forum Q&A session<\/a> will depress you.<\/p>\n

Here’s an antidote to the previous entry: a good essay on the benefits of parents allowing children unrestricted access to books<\/a> (I don’t know why that link shows up as broken … it works for me and should work for you too, so go ahead and click on it<\/em>).<\/p>\n

This is funny. A student whines about an assignment to read a list of books, and the advice columnist employs the old “most of those books are banned<\/a>” trick.\u00a0 I bet it worked, too!<\/p>\n

At last, some book banning I can get behind: kicking intentionally inaccurate history textbooks<\/a> out of the classroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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