Librarians often hide behind the argument that libraries must represent “all constituencies” in the community. This is disingenuous.
“Gender Queer” is a controversial book written by Maia Kobabe and published in 2019. The book was recently removed from Wake County Public Libraries upon a formal review by staff. The review was prompted by a complaint about the book due to its explicit illustrations of sexual acts. Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson had strongly criticized...
At one time, if you were to reach for a shortcut to all things American, you might reach for Mom, Apple Pie, the Flag, all caps because they represented some almost sacrosanct ideals. In some cases, you might even throw in Libraries, because nothing said freedom like the ability to walk into a public library...
If you raft on the river of popular culture, then you can hardly do better than to hire Mark Twain and Andrew Breitbart as your guides. One man lived long enough to become the elder statesman of American letters by 1910, and the other died young in 2012, but both of them paid sharp attention...
In the introduction to “Paul Revere’s Ride” by the historian David Hackett Fischer, he notes that “The only creature less fashionable in academia than the stereotypical ‘dead white male,’ is the dead white male on horseback.” It was an almost amusing line when Fischer wrote it in the mid-1990s, but now the lack of appreciation...
George Leef on liberty-focused books for summer reading; Jim Geraghty on importance of N.C.'s Senate race; state senators discuss red-light camera programs; Daniel Alexander on faith-based efforts to help job-seekers; Rick Henderson on irregularities found in Tarboro audit.
Among anecdotes of "academe's increasingly unapologetic ideological tilt," North Carolina has produced some worthy examples of true education.
