While I could post about the craziness that is the banning of The Dirty Cowboy, I’ll instead focus on an excellent post by Letters of Note about the controversial In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak. The post includes a letter from the editor of Night Kitchen, the legendary Ursula Nordstrom, to a librarian who burned the book. Also covered – the curious practice of drawing diapers on Mickey. Click the image below to read.







And Benjamin Franklin said “Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” May we all calm down & try to use our lessons in history to see that there is danger in deciding what is right for others.