A Country Without Libraries by Charles Simic

Posted on June 6, 2011 by iwilder

IW:  Libraries are not some socialist institution that needs to be drowned in Grover Norquist’s bathtub.  They were established in this country by uber-capitalist Ben Franklin. And that sentiment was conitnued by the robber barons such as Andrew Carnegie who said:  “There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public […]

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Correction: The books that GOP VP candidate Sarah Palin (might have) wanted to ban

Posted on September 5, 2008 by iwilder

I originally accepted the representation that this list was from a Wasilla, Alaska library board meeting as the books Mayor Palin wanted to ban.  We cannot confirm that she wanted to ban these books. We can confirm that she asked several times about banning books. We can confirm that the Village Librarian said she would […]

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Green Synchronosity: Party and Library

Posted on July 14, 2008 by iwilder

So much was going on at the Green Party Annual National Meeting and Presidential Convention last minute, I can’t believe all the opportunities, photos, and people that I missed. One irony I had been dying for a photo of (but passed by one day late to something and never got back) was a sign in […]

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