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Every one of these books has been banned by somebody at some point in the US. By a state government, a school board, or something.

The US per se as a federal entity generally does not ban books, but that’s only because the don’t have a department of book banning to do it, probably.

More relevant are some analyses of the list that came out last year.

* https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/the-krause-banned-books-list/

* https://bookriot.com/texas-book-ban-list/

* https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2021/11/18/who-is-matt-krause-texas-lawmaker-who-launched-book-probe-has-other-jobs-that-illustrate-worldview/

There’s one in the Houston Chronicle too, but that demands a subscription.

https://www.vox.com/culture/22918344/banned-books-history-maus-school-censorship-texas-harold-rugg-beloved-huck-finn-dr-seuss?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Sorry Lionel. Here’s a summary.

First recommending people read Rosa, about Rosa Parks, but the video gets removed because it’s been banned because reading about black people is decisive.
He moves on to recommending And Tango Makes Three about a pair of male penguins who adopt and raise an egg but again the video is stopped and he reports that’s also banned because it includes sexual deviancy.
Next he tries Hop On Pop to the same result as the first two. This is banned because it advocates against parents.
He ends by recommending people read banned books (then a siren starts and he says “Oh shit, they’re coming” and runs off camera.

Hum!

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‘The Pentagon Papers: The Secret History of the Vietnam War’ is one that intrigues me. L B Johnson (What is it about Johnsons?), now there is one to explore further, not only Vietnam but the response to the murderous attack by Israeli air and maritime forces against the Sigint ship USS Liberty in 1967. Read more in, the Chapter ‘Blood’ of

‘Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency’
by James Bamford | Apr 30, 2002

https://www.amazon.com/Body-Secrets-Ultra-Secret-National-Security/dp/0385499086/ref=sr_1_1?crid=38P537RIY98G0&keywords=Body+of+Secrets&qid=1644688084&s=books&sprefix=body+of+secrets%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C183&sr=1-1

…racism writ large, and so much more evil…

As the song goes, ‘Josh won the battle of Jericho, the battle of Jericho, the battle of Jericho and the walls came a tumbling down’. Except he didn’t as there is no archaeological evidence for a settlement with walls by that name.

If it happened as the Bible tells it then it would have been genocide.

Now ‘The Source’ by James A Michener is one fascinating novel