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Tuesday, June 20, 2006
America’s most banned books
In South Florida, Matt Pinzur of the Miami Herald has been covering the battle over a book called “Vamos A Cuba!” There’s an effort to ban the book, which some say paints an overly rosy picture of Fidel Castro’s regime, from school libraries.
Pinzur and an colleague had a great idea while working on this story — they looked up what books are most banned in the U.S. and checked to see how many of them are available in Miami’s school libraries.
My favorite from the banned book list? Captain Underpants.
Wait until you see what else …
… offends America.
The list, which Pinzur has posted on his blog Miami Gradebook, is interesting both for what’s on it, and what’s not. Check it out and post a comment here telling us what surprised you most about the list.
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Save Screech’s house!
If you’re under age 35, you probably watched the Saturday morning teen schoolhouse soap “Saved by the Bell” growing up and know the actor Dustin Diamond, who played the character “Screech.”
Well, Screech is all grown up, sporting a scruffy beard and apparently didn’t pay enough attention in math class because his personal finances are a mess. To save his Milwaukee house from forclosure, he’s selling T-shirts at $15 a pop ($20 autographed) to try to raise cash.
If you go to Screech’s website and read his tale of woe, it’s clear he made some very bad decisions. But give him credit for thinking creatively now.
