Schools Ban Classic Novels As Much For Laziness And Ignorance As Politics
Removing time-tested classics and assigning easy fiction with leftist themes fails in cultivating any love of reading in the students that need it most.
New Jersey Lawmakers Ask Schools To Ban ‘Huckleberry Finn’
In its profound presentation of the universal theme of the individual versus society, the book should be a fixture on every American student’s high school reading list, today more than ever before.
How Mark Twain Created The Great American Hero
In ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,’ Mark Twain creates a heroic archetype that is uniquely American.
How Mark Twain Used Child Characters To Critique Adults
Mark Twain treats the consciousness of children seriously in his works ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ and ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.’
How Mark Twain Championed Self-Government Through Humor And Realism
Mark Twain rejected the simplistic, good-guys-always-win type of Sunday school stories with overtly moral themes that he was raised on.
Why Studying Mark Twain Is Essential To Understanding America Today
‘The young love hardly anything better than to laugh. And if they do love something more than that, they love to learn more than that. If you read Mark Twain, you get to do both at the same time.’
The Left Is Conditioning College Students To Hate Free Speech
From canceled classes at Princeton to sobbing undergrads at Stanford, colleges across the country are training students to be intolerant.
Victory Over PC Art Censorship In England Proves We Can Have Nice Things If We Try
It wasn’t puritanical conservative activists who wanted the painting removed. It was the new puritan — the woke activist.
Reports Of Adulthood’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Luckily for us all, most American men ignore The New York Times.
In Defense Of Old Racist Art
Censorship, once a very dirty word in liberal circles, has undergone a makeover of sorts and, in its new guise of social responsibility, it is making an unfortunate comeback.