Books

By Linda Sharp SEVERAL YEARS AGO I received an iPad through my then employer and immediately proceeded to nearly bankrupt myself purchasing e-books. The fact that I was just one quick password entry away from anything I wanted to read…

by Ken Wishnia Sometimes the only place where bankers go to jail for their criminal activities is in the pages of crime fiction. LET’S FACE IT: some of the most ideologically committed people rarely read fiction, even socially…

There were at least 49 book bannings or removals from the classroom in 2013. CENSORSHIP OF BOOKS is increasing across the United States.  A new report by the Kids’ Right to Read Project (KRRP), an initiative of the National Coalition…

What is culture? I guess you could define it as high-brow, artsy stuff, but the sociologist in me thinks of this concept more as it applies to society—a cohesive unit in which the members work together for their own individual benefit or…