More Censorship in America
These past couple of weeks have been ridiculous with the amount of censorship. First, the Texas school board decides to alter text books to reduce the importance of Thomas Jefferson—I fail to understand the logic behind this decision. Then the Missouri school board decides that Slaughterhouse-Five should be banned, since it teaches ideas contrary to the Bible. As a Christian, I am embarrassed that we tend to be so afraid of different beliefs. Instead of having a dialogue, most people in any belief system or political party want to weed the thought from society and, by doing so, create a non-competing collective consciousness. By the way, if parents don’t want their kids to read a certain book in class, that’s fine. Teachers and parents need to collaborate to create curriculum that is appropriate, not make wide-sweeping policy that prohibits access to history and literature.
Yum. Alex makes the best breakfasts. (Taken with instagram)
So convenient a thing is it to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one had a mind to do.
Benjamin Franklin
Mile 81
Just finished Stephen King’s latest short story/novella Mile 81, which is available only as an ebook. Unfortunately, it didn’t impress me. I’ve read a lot of his stuff, and I have a high opinion of his abilities. In fact, if anybody is interested in learning about narrative pacing I would encourage you to read King; he understands readers in a way that most writers don’t. that being said, I usually discourage people from reading his more recent novels (prolific writers tend to sacrifice quality over quantity, an issue I don’t really want to discuss, and it’s an opinion that has many exceptions). However, the price of this ebook was too tempting for me to resist. If you’re a die-hard fan, you’ll buy the ebook regardless of my opinion. For everybody else, I encourage you to pick up a different story, one that better showcases King’s genius.
Why Are So Many Literary Writers Shifting into Genre?
Interesting article on literary vs. genre fiction. Thought I would share it with anyone who’s interested.
Thank God I wasn’t standing under the tree when this happened (Taken with instagram)
Uh... Rock Me Like A Hurricane
This is truly an awful song, but it’s the most fitting for the occasion. Plus, you have to love the symphony accompaniment.
Some damn fine reporting.
Somebody had to say it. I’m glad it was Jon Stewart.
