It wasn’t that ‘good people’ simply let fascism happen, it was that those same ‘good’ people endorsed it. Both voting for it and not voting against it are willful acts, and carry the same culpability.

In many ways, the banning of books in a society with constitutionally guaranteed liberties can be a tool for the enlightened. A veritable guide to the best in contemporary literature and media that a wise publisher would use in advertising. In a perverse way, I like it!

Even as his CIA was actively destabilizing actual democracies in the entire hemisphere. Reagan was the despot’s preparatory officer, paving the way for institutional xenophobia.

Will you also stand up for the thousands of USAID workers losing their jobs? The AID has been one of the most effective programs lifting people out of poverty world wide, and we killed it by re-electing a cruel, monomaniacal narcissist to the highest office in the land. We suck.

Don’t forget your library’s digital footprint. We use ‘Libby’ and ‘Hoopla’, both give access to the entire collection, including movies, tv, books, music, podcasts and much more!