Books

Missouri librarians are challenging a state law that bars sexually explicit books from being in the classroom, according to a lawsuit. Under Missouri law, if a librarian provides minors with sexually explicit material they can be…

Roald Dahl’s Books Are Rewritten to Cut Potentially Offensive Language The New York TimesChanges to Roald Dahl's classic children's books spark censorship spat CNNA page too far: Why rewriting Roald Dahl’s books isn’t the answer Yahoo…

If you are an avid reader, you own a few books. OK, make that a lot of books. Some of your books you would never part with, but others are currently gathering dust on bookshelves or piled on the floor. Since it looks like you will…

by C.C. Jones   In his work The Western Canon, Harold Bloom wrote that a “reader does not read for easy pleasure or to expiate social guilt, but to enlarge a solitary existence.” The apparent message in Bloom’s flourish is that a…

by Nicholas Ballasy   House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy captured the House speakership in dramatic fashion early Saturday, winning enough votes on a historic 15th ballot that saw 20 renegade Republicans changing their votes under…

After seven ballots, California Republican Kevin McCarthy is no closer to his goal of becoming the next speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives than he was when voting started. If anything, he’s just a little further away. On…

by ITO Staff   At Intellectual Takeout, we strive to offer not only commentary on current events but also tangible advice for engaging with our increasingly chaotic world. That’s why we’re proud to present this new, biweekly series of…

Fox News anchor Bret Baier wanted the network to withdraw its famous call of Arizona for Joe Biden on election night in 2020, citing pressure from Donald Trump’s campaign and saying the swing state should be “put back in his column”, a…

Peter Navarro’s new book won’t win him many new friends. For just one example of the former Trump trade adviser’s frequently, uh, pungent turns of phrase, he compares Jared Kushner to human excrement.Nor does his disdain for the aspirant…

Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff secretly bought a book in which 27 mental health professionals warned that the president was psychologically unfit for the job, then used it as a guide in his attempts to cope with Trump’s…