It has become increasingly evident that the Banned Books Awareness column must rise and once again light the darkness of censorship.As most readers are aware by now, the award-winning graphic novel, Maus, has been at the center of a massive censorship effort in McMinn County, Tennessee.I was contacted today...
This was written by my uncle, Roger Bodo, after watching the live video of the #WomenMarch to DC.
“For all the talk about inalienable human rights and guaranteed freedoms, the only true freedom is the freedom of thought. The moment you are able to read an entire universe of wonder and possibility opens up to you. No longer will you be confined to the dark, subjugated to...
Language is the most important aspect of the human condition. I am not talking about vocal or gestural communication- most species on this planet do that. I am talking about the written and spoken words that make up the various languages of cultures around the world- my “Je suis”...
“What is history, but a fable agreed upon”- Napoleon
I have published a new article in my series for Banned Books Awareness and Reading for Knowledge. As always, civil and meaningful discussion is encouraged. There is a growing epidemic among the youth of America. It starts during the grade-school years, when parents curtail the development of critical thinking...
I have published a new Banned Books Awareness article. Thousands of residents marched in protest on the anniversary in defiance of Chinese authorities over the abductions of several Hong Kong booksellers. The 61-year-old bookseller said that he was picked up at the border near Shenzhen before being blindfolded, handcuffed,...
Some believe that censorship is a tool of the conservative, trying hard to shelter eyes and minds from the truths of history and life; but there is a disturbing trend of using it as a tool by liberals to protect themselves from thoughts and ideas that offend them and...
Happy birthday to the author of Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events, a book which has faced censorship. In 2001, a group of elementary teachers lobbied to have their school cancel an appearance by Handler on account of a “suggestion of incest in one of the books and Count...
Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the greatest gifts my parents ever gave me. -Judy Blume