I thought I had missed the setup for the joke. Two members of the Spotsylvania School Board in Virginia raised the ante on the effort to remove books from school libraries. They want to see the books burn. I have no words.
Books have lost their audience. The trend is a downward slope no one expects to turn around. Every year, fewer and fewer people report having finished a book. Our lists of leisure time pursuits often do not include “reading a book.”
I thought I had unlocked my superpower. When I learned to read, I participated in a program that required knocking on my neighbor's doors.
As our third legislative session wraps up in Texas, I have spent too much time with the never-ending scroll that goes along with staying up-to-date. We've now seen that Facebook has the evidence that our social media habits aren't helpful for our mental health. I think
This book is no post-mortem. Reading it shifts the focus from breaking news to protecting norms.