Last week, a group of booksellers and others who publish materials on the Internet asked a federal court in Louisiana to halt a criminal law
Category: Book Banning/Censorship
In Defense of Ambiguously Lewd Speech
Certain four letter words – and longer ones with similar connotations – just don’t have the punch they once did. “Damn,” for example. Clark Gable’s
Vonnegut’s Literary Reputation: Evidence that American Culture Must Be in Decline
While having tea at my parents’ house yesterday afternoon, my father shared with me some unsettling news about the undergraduate and graduate students in his
Banishing (Or, Better Yet, Ignoring) The Banished Words List
With the New Year quickly approaching, now is the time for annual polls and lists, including my least favorite type: the facetious “banished” words lists.
Who Should Be In Charge of the Robots?
On Tuesday, November 6th, Americans will decide who should be in charge of the robots. I am referencing a 1974 letter by the famous and now
More Thoughts on the Censorship Spectrum: Cleansing Racist Themes From Children’s Books
As I discussed in two posts during Banned Books Week, I believe in making current First Amendment law in the United States more robust so
The Misfortune Of Knowing 