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Month: September 2014

Banned Books Week + Celebrate the Freedom to Read!

Banned Books Week + Celebrate the Freedom to Read!

September 22, 2014

Free people read freely! Every year hundreds of books have been either removed or challenged in schools and libraries in the United States. The American Library Association (ALA), says there were at least 464 in 2012. The librarian and freedom-loving American in me has always been concerned by this and so each year I join the …

# Peace Day: Postpone No More!

# Peace Day: Postpone No More!

September 21, 2014

From Charles Novacek’s Border Crossings: Coming of Age in the Czech Resistance My father could not understand the mid-century chaos that spread discontent and disregarded peoples’ right to live in peace. Silently I watched his torment over the conditions in which we found ourselves when the war ended. Politicians had not— and still have not— learned …

Border Crossings – Tomorrow Night

Border Crossings – Tomorrow Night

September 3, 2014

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