I could not figure out today’s acronym so I had to look it up only to find out “ SECDEF” was short for Secretary of Defense. You got me. Excellent column in the AJC.
I support The Freedom Caucus because they are the only (R) Reps who appear to have a spine and are always consistent in their Conservatism. Not shocking. Steadfast. Makes the RINO's really stick out.
Unrelated to today's news, Jamie, do you care to make any comment about the article in yesterday's Post about Substack, the platform hosting this newsletter?
You and Heather Cox Richardson are the bread of my web life and I hope neither of you are contemplating any changes.
Thanks for this. After leaving the comment I found references to that Atlantic article but not this one. My view and expectation is that this is a tempest in a teapot.
We seem to be living in a Never-Land where unbelievable events are constantly unfolding.
Another Post article noted that Florida's war on Woke has resulted in banning Dictionaries in some libraries.
Right. Except that the dictionaries and encyclopedias haven't been banned. The school district pulled them along with thousands of other books for review. Obviously those won't contain sexually explicit material even under the new poorly written law. They pulled reference books either out of an overabundance of caution or because they wanted the press attention. I hope it was out of caution.
Of course. But censoring libraries is a completely alien notion to me. But black paper covering whole shelves? That's a surefire way to trigger any kid's curiosity.
I have no problem with roving librarians who monitor what kids are reading in order to alert teachers or parents. How better to provoke constructive conversations with curious minds?
Some books I read as at 12-15 would definitely not be allowed in school libraries under these laws. Thing is, I didn't get them at school. They were James Clavell, Stephen King, and others that my mother read. Or they were sword and sorcery or scifi novels I bought at the store or got at the public library.
Regardless, Florida has once again handled something poorly. They've been pretty consistent in that since long before I was born in 1970.
The migratory hunting rev bill is a great share. I had wondered how the Senate could do it.
I could not figure out today’s acronym so I had to look it up only to find out “ SECDEF” was short for Secretary of Defense. You got me. Excellent column in the AJC.
I support The Freedom Caucus because they are the only (R) Reps who appear to have a spine and are always consistent in their Conservatism. Not shocking. Steadfast. Makes the RINO's really stick out.
Your name matches your simplistic thinking.
Unrelated to today's news, Jamie, do you care to make any comment about the article in yesterday's Post about Substack, the platform hosting this newsletter?
You and Heather Cox Richardson are the bread of my web life and I hope neither of you are contemplating any changes.
https://wapo.st/3HieuWY
The Public wrote about this last week. Not Newton leaving Substack but with numbers behind the reason. I'm pretty sure this is a public post.
https://public.substack.com/p/censors-are-trying-to-trick-you-into
Thanks for this. After leaving the comment I found references to that Atlantic article but not this one. My view and expectation is that this is a tempest in a teapot.
We seem to be living in a Never-Land where unbelievable events are constantly unfolding.
Another Post article noted that Florida's war on Woke has resulted in banning Dictionaries in some libraries.
https://wapo.st/4aQFHhc
Right. Except that the dictionaries and encyclopedias haven't been banned. The school district pulled them along with thousands of other books for review. Obviously those won't contain sexually explicit material even under the new poorly written law. They pulled reference books either out of an overabundance of caution or because they wanted the press attention. I hope it was out of caution.
Of course. But censoring libraries is a completely alien notion to me. But black paper covering whole shelves? That's a surefire way to trigger any kid's curiosity.
I have no problem with roving librarians who monitor what kids are reading in order to alert teachers or parents. How better to provoke constructive conversations with curious minds?
Some books I read as at 12-15 would definitely not be allowed in school libraries under these laws. Thing is, I didn't get them at school. They were James Clavell, Stephen King, and others that my mother read. Or they were sword and sorcery or scifi novels I bought at the store or got at the public library.
Regardless, Florida has once again handled something poorly. They've been pretty consistent in that since long before I was born in 1970.