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Print Musician-turned-mystery-writer Corey Lynn Fayman took top honors in the 2021 San Diego Book Awards for “Ballast Point Breakdown,” a wisecracking novel that features a guitar-playing detective, Navy SEALs, and trained dolphins. The book received the Geisel Award, a best-in-show prize named after Ted “Dr. Seuss” Geisel, who wrote many of his best-selling and influential children’s books while living in La Jolla. “Ballast Point Breakdown” is the fourth book by Fayman, who has also worked day jobs as a keyboard player, sound-designer, and college instructor. All the stories fe...

View Comments VINELAND – Superintendent Mary Gruccio, greeted by a standing ovation, didn’t realize a tribute was on Tuesday’s school board agenda. Retiring this month after a career spanning 46 years, Gruccio was honored for her journey of service that started in a classroom and concludes with her holding the district’s top spot. Board members whisked Gruccio into an "executive session” giving family and colleagues, past and present, time to slip into the Landis auditorium for the surprise farewell. A 1971 Vineland High School graduate, Gruccio came back to the district after ear...

Why canceling Dr. Seuss is a threat to all evangelicals JavaScript in your web browser. Please Engaging views and analysis from outside contributors on the issues affecting society and faith today. CP VOICES do not necessarily reflect the views of The Christian Post. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author(s). CP Current Page: Voices | Why canceling Dr. Seuss is a threat to all evangelicals Why canceling Dr. Seuss is a threat to all evangelicals | Wednesday, March 10, 2021 Books by Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, including "On Beyond Zebra!" and "And to Think That I Saw it ...

Last week, Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced it would stop the sale and distribution of six classic volumes from the great children's author. Those volumes, said the company, violate its commitment to "messages of hope, inspiration, inclusion, and friendship." The books include portrayals of people "in ways that are hurtful and wrong."

Dave Roback/The Republican via AP The movement to cancel Dr. Seuss didn’t emerge from a vacuum. Two years before Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced it would pull five of the classic children’s author’s books, a study examined the racial makeup of characters in Theodore Seuss Geisel’s books, and found a lack of diversity. Perhaps more chillingly, a leftist education group found fault with the Dr. Seuss story “The Sneetches,” a story that  explicitly condemns racism. Back in 2019, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) education arm, Teaching Tolerance (now rebranded “Learning f...