Thought of all of you all when I saw an ad for a new book from the NYU Press in Book Forum. The Art of Ill Will: A Story of American Political Cartoons, by Donald Dewey. A search for the book on Amazon lead me to Killed Cartoons: Casualties of the War on Free Expression, edited by Davis Wallis. Both are 2007 publications. Just thought you might like to check them out. Anyone have any other suggestions for good reads of any kind?
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Rushdie Knighted
Posted June 19th, 2007 at 12:35 PM by the Artichoke in
I just noted an article in the BBC yesterday http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6763119.stm that tells of the trouble anticipated with the knighthood of Salman Rushdie. Militant fundamentalists of any stripe are as offensive to me as they are frightening. The effect of religious fundamentalists in national and international politics is astounding. That was most recently brought to mind when I heard that several presidential candidates admitted that they did not believe in evolution. I was floored. Is this the twenty-first century? Even the Pope acknowledges evolution, for cripes sake.
How many of those who condemn Sir Salman have even read any of his work, much less The Satanic Verses? That book was from 1988; what issues have that much staying power? Rushdie is an incredibly intelligent and eloquent voice of reason in the world today. I was just wondering what you think?
