[ This is an opinion column. Don’t say this isn’t censorship. Don’t tell me it’s not book banning. Don’t claim the criminalization of ideas is liberty. (I don’t think that word means what you think it means.) Please don’t say preventing others from reading things you disagree with is freedom. And in the name of … Read more
[ The board of the Autauga-Prattville Public Library on Saturday appointed a new interim director just days after former director Andrew Foster and four staff members were fired, amid months of book challenges, according to news reports. Protestors stood outside of the library holding signs and many others sat in on the meeting as the … Read more
[ DEAR MISS MANNERS: What exactly is a “pocketbook”? I always thought it was a lady’s wallet, but does it instead refer to the entire purse/handbag? GENTLE READER: Yes, it means the reticule — another term you probably don’t know. But as “pocketbook” has also been used to refer to pocket-sized books (and a slang … Read more
