Many societies have banned certain books. This is a partial list of books which have been banned.Various scriptures have been banned (and sometimes burned) at several points in history. The Bible, the Qur'an, and other religious scriptures have all been subjected to censorship and have been banned in various cities and countries. In Medieval Europe, the Roman Catholic Church created a program that lasted until 1966 to deal with dissenting printed opinion; it was called the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (index of prohibited books). Over the years many books based on the scriptures have also been banned, such as Leo Tolstoy's The Kingdom of God is Within You, which was banned in Russia for being anti-establishment.Books deemed critical of the state or its interests are another common target for banning.Books that deal with criminal matter have also been subjected to censorship. Small-press titles that have become infamous by being banned include The Anarchist Cookbook, E for Ecstasy, and Hit Man.In the four-volume series Banned Books, the volumes were divided by grounds for banning: political, religious, sexual and social. The first three are often cited together as taboo in polite conversation.Notably, children's books that deal with death or other teenage angst or various crimes often find themselves banned perhaps because of parental worries about teenage suicide or copycat crimes. Many publications are targeted on the premise that children would be corrupted by reading them. This fear led to the creation of the Comics Code Authority in 1954.

"While the nation honors the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, three states celebrate another man as well. In Arkansas, Alabama and Mississippi, the slain civil rights leader shares a state holiday with Robert E. Lee, commanding officer of the Confederate Army." . . . what a slap in the face!

As is his wont, Rich is just exactly right. Was Thompson's performance tonight a one-off? The old lion finally, overawingly—but, alas, temporarily—roused? Will he settle back into slumber tomorrow? And just what was he up to? Clawing Huckabee out of sheer annoyance? Or establishing himself as king of the jungle?

If only fatuous bigmouth Donald Trump would learn to muzzle himself and grow old gracefully instead of cluttering up the news making an arse of himself in public, we'd all think to ourselves, "What a wonderful world." But, alas...This time around, the real estate developer and general eyesore went on Larry King Live and told the world that...More>

I used to be a peacenik. You know the kind. The one that wants to get along with everyone. The give-peace-a-chance kind. Also, the one that asks, “Can’t we all just get along?” ala Rodney King. So, I still kind of understand where actor Sean Penn’s head is at when he goes to totalitarian led countries and hobnobs with psycho leaders. But...

Way way back in March, it seemed the politically expedient to let Alberto "Torture King" Gonzalez out to pasture ala Rumsferatu Rumsfeld, knowing even then that Gonzalez would find his way back into the inner circle of this regime via a backdoor, just like Rumsfeld. But that was simply not to be- Fredo Gonzalez would return to weasel around...