Comments on: Book “Segregation” in Oklahoma

By: lgf

lgf — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 01:38:26 +0000

So let’s see. In “the land of the free,” one can’t read in Oklahoma, abort in South Dakota, smoke in public in Chicago, buy liquor by the drink in (parts of?) Utah, or say any of this in public in Kansas, lest one be considered unpatriotic. And one of the “hot button” issues in the Illinois primary on Tuesday is whether the kids of illegal immigrants should be allowed to go to school.

By: tangognat

tangognat — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 14:22:57 +0000

And they have to cover American Libraries with a brown paper wrapper.

By: Nat

Nat — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 12:28:34 +0000

They can now find copies of Library Journal behind the counter at 7-11.

By: Ragnell

Ragnell — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 12:22:52 +0000

I hate living in that state.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:34:57 +0000

Sadly, this doesn’t surprise me one little bit. I’m only surprised that they’re specifying children’s and YA books. Alabama tried to do the same thing but across the board.