Banned Books Awareness: “The Bluest Eye”

September 10, 2013 R. Wolf Baldassarro 6

Nobel and Pulitzer-winning author Toni Morrison has an impressive resume of literary hits and numerous awards, but with that comes a history of having those same novels censored. In January of 2012, the Plymouth-Canton Schools in Michigan was the latest setting in a long list of schools and libraries faced […]

The High Cost of the Freedom of Speech

July 21, 2013 R. Wolf Baldassarro 0

The freedom of speech comes at a very high price for those few who dare to engage in their constitutional right to use it. For Justin Carter it cost him 5 months of his life- and could still cost him at least 10 more years. Now, a teenage coffee shop […]

Sometimes Limiting Free Speech is Necessary

July 11, 2013 R. Wolf Baldassarro 6

I know what some of you are thinking: “He’s finally lost his mind. Could Mr. Free Speech be condoning censorship?” You’d be jumping to an incorrect conclusion on both counts. Let me explain. We know that censorship comes in any form and across any medium. Neither is it isolated to […]

Banned Books Awareness: “Captain Underpants”

April 21, 2013 R. Wolf Baldassarro 0

Most of us aren’t surprised by “Fifty Shades of Grey” being the fourth most-challenged book of 2012, but would you expect a children’s book to make number one? Dav Pilkey’s “Captain Underpants” has been repeatedly banned or challenged due to concerns over offensive language and charges of being “unsuited for […]