EDITORIAL: Censorship: Same book, different cover
Not all library assaults come from the right.
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Not all library assaults come from the right.
BLUE HILL, Maine — Rich Boulet, the director of the Blue Hill Public Library, was working in his office when a regular patron stopped by to ask how to donate a book to the library. “You just hand it over,” Boulet said. The book was “Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters,” by journalist Abigail Shrier. The book posits that gender dysphoria is a “diagnostic craze” fueled by adolescent confusion, social media and peer influence, and that teenagers are too young to underg
Rich Boulet, the director of the Blue Hill Public Library, said he wanted the library to 'be there for everybody, not just people who share my voting record' - but faced a public outcry.
Wealthy, liberal-leaning Blue Hill prided itself on staying above the fray — until the library stocked a book that drew anger from the left.
“This town was built on stone, wood, and water.” So spoke the president of the Lincolnville Historical Society in a recent conversation I had with her. It has been around 253 years since Lucinda and Nathan Knight built their cabin just up from what...