Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009 1Â Harry Potter (series), by J.K. Rowling 2Â Alice series, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 3Â The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier 4Â And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson/Peter Parnell 5Â Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck 6Â I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou 7Â Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz 8Â His […]
Why Aren’t There More Terrorist Attacks? As the details of the Times Square car bomb attempt emerge in the wake of Faisal Shahzad’s arrest Monday night, one thing has already been made clear: Terrorism is fairly easy. All you need is a gun or a bomb, and a crowded target. Guns are easy to buy. […]
Mankind makes tools, that is what helps to seperate us from the animals, and other beasts of burden… Â Or at least that is what we tell ourselves… But, has it become that we are so used to new inventions and devices that we are afraid of making our own? Â Or that someone that is an […]
From Sci Fi Wire (or is that SyFy WyR?) Live-action version of Full Metal Panic anime is headed for the big screen: Mandalay Pictures has acquired theatrical rights to and will develop a big-screen version of Full Metal Panic, a Japanese manga series that blends action, comedy and high school romance, according to The Hollywood […]
I am a bibliophile, and while I certainly choose not to read some genre’s and even some particular books, I have never believed that I should be able to force you to not be able to read a particular book / genre. Â In fact, I personally never thought that I would read some JD Robb, […]