Huntington Beach Mayor Pro Tem Gracey Van Der Mark claims there are “obscene” and “pornographic” books available to children in city libraries and is asking the council to consider screening such books in an upcoming city council meeting. “It has been a longstanding problem in public education that children are being exposed to obscene, and…

Aside from removing many books and collections off the shelves amid the National Security Law, Hong Kong public libraries have been unable to meet their targeted quotas for new book materials and were criticized by the Audit Commission. From 2020 to 2021, after the Hong Kong government implemented the National Security Law, the gap between…

Commentary Here is a bitter irony for you. Just as the world’s greatest literature of all ages became available to every person, mostly at no charge, and with only a search and a click, it seems like most people have lost interest. What incredible and tragic timing! For a large part of the 18th and…

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on March 5 at 3:30 p.m. ET in Simi Valley, near Los Angeles, as part of a nationwide tour for his new book. …

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on March 5 at 3:30 p.m. ET in Simi Valley, near Los Angeles, as part of a nationwide tour for his new book. …

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on March 5 at 3:30 p.m. ET in Simi Valley, near Los Angeles, as part of a nationwide tour for his new book. …

An elaborate two-story rococo hall inside an 11th-century abbey is so ornate that it is considered one of the world’s most beautiful libraries. Wiblingen Abbey is a grand monastery located south of the city of Ulm in the south German state of Baden-Württemberg. It was founded in 1093 for the Benedictine monks. It became widely…

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library holds an event at 9:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 8 for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s new book “Never Give An Inch: Fighting For The America I Love.”  Secretary Pompeo will share some content of his book, which is “blending remarkable and often humorous stories of his interactions with…

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library holds an event at 9:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 8 for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s new book “Never Give An Inch: Fighting For The America I Love.”  Secretary Pompeo will share some content of his book, which is “blending remarkable and often humorous stories of his interactions with…

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library holds an event at 9:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 8 for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s new book “Never Give An Inch: Fighting For The America I Love.”  Secretary Pompeo will share some content of his book, which is “blending remarkable and often humorous stories of his interactions with…