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Over the past year, my focus at YCRT! has been on book banning in schools. I'm shifting now to efforts to ban books from public libraries.Schools and school districts have review procedures to follow...
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Not Air-Minded But Adjacent: My Mar-a-Lago(s)
The day after the FBI raid on Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, this popped up in my Twitter feed:Rachel Vindman, of course, is the wife of retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, whose military...
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Paul's Book Reviews
“Nothing is free! Only children expect otherwise even as myths and fairy tales warn us: Rumpelstiltskin, King Midas, Handsel and Gretel. Never trust a candy house! It was only a matter of time before...
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You Can't Read That! Banned Book Review: Out of Darkness
Ashley Hope Pérez's novel Out of Darkness, published in 2015, is a Romeo and Juliet story set against the backdrop of an actual historical event: the New London, Texas, school explosion of 1937, which...
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You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post about book banning, featuring news and opinion roundups, personal observations, and reviews.YCRT! News & Opinion RoundupYes, McKinney is using a photo of...
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You Can't Read That! Banned Book Review: This Book Is Gay
My rating: 3 of 5 starsThis Book Is Gay Juno DawsonFrom the blurb:There's a long-running joke that, after "coming out," a lesbian, gay guy, bisexual, or trans person should receive a membership card...
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You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post about book banning, featuring news and opinion roundups, personal observations, and reviews.It's Banned Books Week! In honor of those who fight to protect our...
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Air-Minded: A High-Speed Abort by Any Other Name
Whew, that was close!How close? This close.Photo by @Lloydyy22 on TwitterFriday, during practice for a scheduled Sunday exhibition at Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield in the United Kingdom’s West...
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You Can't Read That! is a periodic post about book banning. YCRT! features news and opinion roundups, personal observations, and reviews.School board protestor makes slam dunk case for banning Gender...
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Air-Minded: Habu
This photo, posted to an F-15 Eagle Facebook group this morning, brought back memories of my time at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, during the final two years of SR-71 Blackbird operations at the...
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Air-Minded: PASM Photoblog XXIV
I was a volunteer docent and tram tour guide at Tucson's Pima Air and Space Museum for nine years, quitting just days before PASM shut down for the Covid pandemic in March 2020. I'm just a member now,...
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You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post about book banning. YCRT! features news and opinion roundups, commentary, and reviews.YCRT! Banned Book Review NewsI read and review banned and challenged books...
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Air-Minded: Zulu Nostalgia
I read something yesterday and had a nostalgia attack. There are days I really miss the Air Force!According to a report in The War Zone, F-16 Viper pilots from Alaska Air Command's 18th Aggressor...
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You Can't Read That! Banned Book Review: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyIn a recent banned book news roundup, I linked to an article about a Florida high school teacher who innocently picked up a young adult novel and was...
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You Can’t Read That! is a periodic diary about book banning. YCRT! features news and opinion roundups, commentary, history, and reviews.YCRT! FlashbackAlice Moore’s be-no list (from 1974): books “that...
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Paul's Book Reviews: Fiction, Science Fiction, Memoir
3 of 5 starsTreasure State (Highway Quartet #6) C.J. Box"Treasure State," C.J. Box's latest, is the 6th in a series of novels set in Montana (the ABC/Hulu series "Big Sky" is loosely based on them)....
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You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post about book banning. YCRT! features news and opinion roundups, commentary, history, and reviews.YCRT Flashback!This Peanuts© strip is from 1971. Helen...
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You Can't Read That! Banned Book Review: Beartown
Late one evening toward the end of March, a teenager picked up a double-barreled shotgun, walked into the forest, put the gun to someone else's forehead, and pulled the trigger.This is the story of how...
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You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post about book banning, featuring news and opinion roundups, personal observations, and reviews.It's Banned Books Week! In honor of those who fight to protect our...
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Air-Minded: A High-Speed Abort by Any Other Name
Whew, that was close!How close? This close.Photo by @Lloydyy22 on TwitterFriday, during practice for a scheduled Sunday exhibition at Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield in the United Kingdom’s West...
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