Category Archives: First Amendment

The Friday Fishwrap: May Be Hazardous To Your Health

Posted on 1 June 2012 by Gwendolyn McIntyre

Words To Live By There are a lot of words that, by themselves mean nothing, but in conjunction with other words can gain you followers… and some of them might be unwanted. There is a list of keywords that … Continue reading →

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The Friday Fishwrap is Here, There and Everywhere

Posted on 6 April 2012 by Gwendolyn McIntyre

Writing is not a stress-free profession. Anyone who thinks it is has been using this method of stress reduction for far too long. I was briefly tempted to use it and a bottle of scotch earlier tonight after a blip … Continue reading →

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Play For Pay: Harry Potter & The Hypocrisy of the Church

Posted on 8 July 2011 by Gwendolyn McIntyre

An article in today’s Columbus Dispatch by Meredith Heagney trumpets, Faith leaders forgive Harry Potter “It wasn’t so long ago that an orphan boy with a lightning-bolt … Continue reading →

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The First Amendment Cuts Both Ways

Posted on 2 March 2011 by Gwendolyn McIntyre

>The First Amendment Cuts Both Ways An article by author Lynn Flewelling on a recent supreme court decision that’s all over the news.

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Won’t They Ever Learn?

Posted on 25 October 2010 by Gwendolyn McIntyre

ABFFE Earns Injunction in Alaska (From Publishers Weekly) Booksellers, librarians and other media groups won an injunction on Thursday in Federal District Court in Alaska to Senate Bill 222, which made anyone who operates a Web site that features content deemed … Continue reading →

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Picture Books Aren’t in Trouble Just Because NYT Says So.

Posted on 8 October 2010 by Gwendolyn McIntyre

“The worry of the day is the The New York Times article that tells us that the picture book market is fading as parents push their kids into chapter books. Now the kidlit folks will all go crazy defending picture books … Continue reading →

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Read Banned Books

Posted on 25 September 2010 by Gwendolyn McIntyre

Banned Books Week 2010 is the twenty-ninth annual celebration of the freedom to read. This freedom, not only to choose what we read, but also to select from a full array of possibilities… be it books, magazines, newspapers, films, broadcasts, plays, … Continue reading →