Tag Archives: Crank

Banned Books Week

Posted on September 23, 2024 by David E Smith

Banned Books Week, an annual propaganda campaign by the left-wing ALA, highlights the most radically inappropriate, obscene or downright pornographic books that are available to anyone of any age without restrictions in libraries...

Posted in Education, Marriage/Family/Culture | Tagged Access to Library Resources and Services for Minors, All Boys aren’t Blue, American Library Association, American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights, Banned Book Week, Beloved, Crank, Ellen Hopkins, Erika Moen, Flamer, Freedom to Read Foundation, Gender Queer, George M. Johnson, Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights, Jesse Andrews, Judith Krug, Juno Dawson, Let's Talk About It, Maia Kobabe, Matthew Nolan, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Mike Curato, Office for Intellectual Freedom, Patricia McCormick, Sherman Alexie, Sold, Stephen Chbosky, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, The Bluest Eye, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, This Book is Gay, Toni Morrison, Tricks | Comments Off

Different Perspectives?

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

Several essential characteristics separate humans from other mammals. The most significant among them is our complex reasoning ability. We can solve problems throughout the full range of our current awareness. We have a powerful capability to observe, collect, and analyze facts. We can formulate theories and design meticulous studies to test them out. And we can debate the meaning of the findings of those studies.

Posted in Child Exploitation, Education, Faith, Federal, Illinois Politics, Marriage/Family/Culture, Pornography, Religious Liberty, Sexuality | Tagged 1st Amendment, All Boys aren’t Blue, American Library Association, book bans, child exploitation, children, Crank, Different Perspectives?, DSM-5, Gender Queer, Governor Pritzker, HB 2789, It’s Perfectly Normal, J.B. Pritzker, Jack Rigert, John Paul II Renewal Center, Kate Buckson, LGBT, nationalism, St. Charles Public Library | Comments Off

What’s a Library For?

Posted on September 13, 2023 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

The British destroyed our original Library of Congress and the 3,000 books it housed, in 1814 during the War of 1812... Today, the Library of Congress is the largest library in the world and holds 173 million items, 39 million of them are books. Every day 15,000 items are added to the collection by the library's 3,000 employees.

Posted in Education, Illinois Politics, Pornography, Sexuality | Tagged American Library Association, book banning, British, children, Congress, Crank, drag queen, Drag Queen Story Hour, Ellen Hopkins, Emily Drabinski, It’s Perfectly Normal, Judeo-Christian values, library, Library of Congress, Marxist, Russian Revolution, This Book is Gay, Thomas Jefferson, War of 1812, What’s a Library For? | Comments Off