If I write a mystery novel in which a murder is committed in a particularly gruesome way, and someone reads that novel and commits a similar crime, am I responsible? If I produce a…

Not too long ago, I had a conversation with a librarian involved professionally with issues of intellectual freedom. "Sometimes," she said, "I get so tired of it. I wonder why I continue to fight." I’ve thought about that conversation…

There I was, in a rocking chair at the nursing home, where one of my grandsons had come to visit me. The discussion turned nostalgic, as we discussed those years, long past, when I had taught college students about the Bill of Rights.

Filtering Software in Public Libraries…

Indianapolis seems poised for a political battle over a highly unlikely subject: the public library.