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Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Blocking of Jan. 6 Documents: 3 Takeaways

January 20, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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In a legal blow for Donald Trump, the Supreme Court has indicated a willingness to protect a constitutional system that can ensure transparency and accountability by legitimizing legislative branch oversight over the executive.

GOP Lawmakers Back Prohibition on Innumerable Ballot Initiatives

January 19, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Florida voters in recent years have approved high-profile initiatives about issues such as raising the minimum wage and broadly legalizing medical marijuana. Such initiatives would be barred in the future if the House proposal is ultimately approved.

Flagler School District Library Plan: Parents May Ban Books for Their Own Kids, But Not Others

January 18, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Flagler County school libraries' open open stacks will get new safeguards. (© FlaglerLive)

Book bans may be a thing of the past in Flagler County schools as the district today presented a library opt-out provision for prohibitive parents, while leaving access free to all books for all other students. The approach, as draconianly restrictive for those who want to exercise it and as liberal as a university library’s open-stack policy for the freer-minded could, in effect, make even book challenges moot.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Radical Message Is Betrayed With Focus on ‘Dream’

January 17, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking against the Vietnam War, St. Paul Campus, University of Minnesota. (Wikimedia Commons)

Martin Luther King Jr., the “civil saint” portrayed nowadays was, by the end of his life, a social and economic radical, who argued forcefully for the necessity of economic justice in the pursuit of racial equality.

Seditious Conspiracy in Jan. 6 Capitol Attack Faces 1st Amendment Hurdle

January 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Oathkeepers founder and director Stewart Rhodes in a 2011 picture. (Gage Skidmore)

The seditious conspiracy charges announced by the Department of Justice against Stewart Rhodes raise the stakes and political temperature of the Jan. 6 investigation, and give rise to serious First Amendment concerns about the rights of others protesting government actions down the road.

Federal Judge Ridicules UF Attorney’s Attempt to Smear Professors in Conflict-of-Interest Battle

January 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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In a fiery hearing Friday, a federal judge excoriated a lawyer for the University of Florida who accused political science professors of having “misled” the court in a lawsuit challenging the school’s conflict-of-interest policy.

Senate Panel Backs Change That Would Make Drug Overdose Prosecutions Easier

January 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Punishment is the opium of legislators. (Tim Cooper on Unsplash)

A bill that seeks to change the burden of proof in first-degree murder cases involving drug overdose deaths began moving through the Senate on Monday as the 2022 legislative session is set to kick off. The measure (SB 190), sponsored by Sen. Jason Brodeur, R-Sanford, was approved in a 7-3 vote by the Judiciary Committee.

I Saw Firsthand What It Takes to Keep Covid Out of Hong Kong. It Felt Like a Different Planet.

January 9, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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On a visit to Hong Kong, reporter Caroline Chen encountered a 21-day quarantine, a bevy of Covid tests, universal masking and, finally, a fear-free family holiday. Hong Kong’s quarantine procedures are among the strictest in the world. The city is committed to a “zero-Covid” policy, which means it will take every possible measure to prevent a single case.

May a Christian Flag Fly at City Hall? Supreme Court Will Decide

January 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Organizations can apply to have their flag temporarily replace the Boston city flag, shown on far right, in front of City Hall. (Sean/Flickr)

On Jan. 18, 2022, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Shurtleff v. Boston. The case addresses whether the city violated the First Amendment by denying a request to temporarily raise the Christian flag on a flagpole outside City Hall, where Boston has temporarily displayed many secular organizations’ flags.

See the Truth, America, Biden Urges as he Blasts Trump’s ‘Dagger at the Throat of Democracy’

January 6, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

President Biden delivering his speech today from the Capitol, in a screen capture from the video feed.

Biden’s speech of Jan. 6, 2022, is of interest not only because of the circumstances that led to its being necessary, but also because of the visual language it employed. The speech expressed a powerful faith in the plain truth. It asked Americans to believe their own eyes. That reflects a long philosophical tradition in Western culture equating sight or light with the truth.

School Board’s Woolbright Objects to Citing “Hate Groups” in Statement Denouncing Hate, and Blames “All Groups”

January 5, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Flagler County School Board member Jill Woolbright objected to a statement's inclusion of words denouncing hate groups. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County School Board member on Tuesday objected to including the words “hate group” in a denunciation of hate against students, and in a stunning equivalence, said she witnessed “poor behavior” from “all groups,” in essence equating students protesting book bans in November with a group of adults who turned out to taunt, insult and hurl threats at them.

Not All Polarization Is Bad, But the US Could Be in Trouble

January 4, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Opposing forces in a demonstration over banned books in front of the Government Services Building in Bunnell last November. (© FlaglerLive)

For the first time, the United States has been classified as a “backsliding democracy” in a global assessment of democratic societies by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, an intergovernmental research group. One key reason the report cites is the continuing popularity among Republicans of false allegations of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

Adieu, 2021: Sadness, Anger and Gratitude in a Year of Miscarriages

December 31, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Time to turn off those lights. (Valentin Balan on Unsplash)

“I am awash with emotions today–everything from sadness to anger to gratitude at this year end,” writes Chris Goodfellow as he bids farewell to 2021. “We have learned nothing in terms of our choices, behaviors and most critically our capacity for unity in face of a threat.”

Trump Troll Chronicles: Bob Woodward’s Peril

December 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

"Peril" is the third of Bob Woodward's books on the Trump Administration, written with Robert Costa. It was published in September.

Bob Woodward’s and Robert Costa’s “Peril,” third in the trilogy of Woodward’s books on the Trump administration, isn’t history. It’s most revealing in what it does not say. It’s tragicomedy. It’s a chronicle of trash foretold. And it’s prediction. The worst is ahead. 

Desmond Tutu, Father of South Africa’s ‘Rainbow Nation’

December 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu has died at the age of 90. He earned the respect and love of millions of South Africans and the world. He carved out a permanent place in their hearts and minds, becoming known affectionately as “The Arch.”

Liberal Flagellant: George Packer’s Last Best Hope

December 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

George Packer isn;t thrilled about living in any of the four Americas he describes and deconstructs in Last Best Hope, his latest book, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in June.

George Packer’s “The Last best Hope,” published in June, attempts to explain how the United States devolved into the furies of Donald Trump’s last year–the pandemic, the BLM marches, the Jan. 6 insurrection–by diagnosing four separate Americas that no longer communicate. It’s a dour, guilt-ridden book by a liberal looking for penance in all the wrong places.

Gov. DeSantis Seems Hellbent on Taking Us Back to the ’60s — the 1860s

December 27, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 46 Comments

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Gov. Ron DeSantis likes to call this the “Free State of Florida.” If he hasn’t yet wrapped himself in the Tenth Amendment or threatened secession, it’s only because he’s been too busy playing soldiers, organizing his private battalion, rewriting the past, and trying to destroy democracy.

Our Thirty Years’ War: Schlesinger’s The Disuniting of America

December 26, 2021 | Pierre Tristam | 4 Comments

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What historian Arthur Schlesinger had detected in 1992 in a few trends is now orthodoxy–from both sides, neither for the better. The “ethnic rage” of diversity-preaching liberals and the fundamentalist, doctrinaire “monoculturalism” of conservatives has the country in a state of paralysis. Schlesinger wanted a renewed melting pot. But that’s not the solution.

He Was Filming on His Phone. Then an Officer Attacked Him and Charged Him With Resisting Arrest.

December 26, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

A video posted to Twitter showed Cage’s assault. (Screenshots by ProPublica)

Police can arrest people for “cover charges,” like resisting arrest, to justify their use of excessive force and shield themselves from liability. In Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, 73 percent of the time someone is arrested on a “cover charge” alone, they’re Black.

Louis C.K.: Sexual Misconduct, Cancel Culture and the Pursuit of Justice

December 22, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Cancel culture, as a type of internet vigilantism appears fundamentally incompatible with the actualization of restorative justice because it is oriented to punishment and exclusion, leaving no space for dialogue or personal change.

Proposal to Let Death Row Inmates Represent Themselves on Appeal Sparks Sharp Opposition

December 22, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

David Snelgrove, right, formerly a Palm Coast resident convicted of murdering an elderly couple, had been on death row until, following a change in law, his lawyers successfully argued for a commutation to life in prison. Snelgrove, whose mental competency was always in question, may not have been capable of achieving the same result had he represented himself. (© FlaglerLive)

The proposal, which was released in May, has spurred opposition from a wide range of groups that argue Death Row inmates are not qualified to represent themselves in the often-complicated proceedings, including many inmates who have mental illnesses.

Teaching to Transgress: bell hooks Will Endure

December 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

bell hooks at the New School discussing transgressive sexual practice. (Wikimedia Commons)

As a leading Black intellectual, hooks pushed the feminist movement beyond the preserve of the white and middle-class, encouraging Black and working class perspectives on gender inequality. She taught us about white supremacist capitalist patriarchal values – giving both the words to define it and the methods to dismantle it.

New York City Will Allow 800,000 Non-Citizens Right to Vote in Local Elections

December 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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Nationwide, 14 municipalities allow noncitizens to vote, including two Vermont cities that approved similar measures earlier this year. San Francisco allows noncitizens to vote in school board elections, while nine Maryland towns permit noncitizen voting in local elections.

Grace from the Crime of Punishment

December 17, 2021 | Pierre Tristam | 11 Comments

Joey Renn had his Beccaria. Most defendants get Hammurabi. (© FlaglerLive)

Under the appealing but misguided credo of victims’ rights, prosecutors reach plea deals giving disproportionate weight to what the victim’s family wants. The defendant can end up either with a savior, as Joey Renn did this week in Flagler, or, more often, a gang of rage. A person’s fate should never depend on a dice throw between grace and vigilantism.

The Problems With Banning Cell Phones in the Workplace

December 17, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Why shouldn't they have their cell phones? And why are blue collar workers targeted? (© FlaglerLive)

Bans on employees using cellphones are relatively common in workplaces such as factories, farms and fast-food chains. Such employer rules are legal, and there is relatively little that employees can do about it. But different situations have indicated the necessity for workers to have access to their phones, for safety’s sake.

DeSantis Ramps Up Inaccurate Anti-Asylum Rhetoric In Legally-Dubious Assault on Federal Policy

December 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

"We stand in solidarity with the people from Central Florida demanding an end to Haitian deportations & Title 42," says the Florida Immigrant Coalition on its Facebook page.

Gov. Ron DeSantis wants the Legislature to give him $8 million to ship asylum seekers transported by the Biden administration into Florida off to other states in an expanding initiative against what the governor inaccurately calls President Joe Biden’s “open borders policy.” Republicans’ overall complaint vastly distorts Biden’s policy, according to an analysis published by the libertarian Cato Institute.

Democrats’ Failure to Protect Abortion Rights

December 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

It's not enough to scrawl it on a wall. (Edson Chilundo)

Conservative Republicans started prioritizing a high court takeover, with the explicit aim of ending legal abortion, more than 40 years ago. Democrats and progressives stuck their heads in the sand. Women, denied autonomy over their own bodies, are poised to pay the biggest price.

‘It’s Stressful to Kill Somebody’: Health Workers Behind Assisted Dying

December 8, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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New legislation in Britain laying groundwork for legalizing assisted dying are part of a wider international movement towards formally allowing some form of assisted dying. That means addressing how and whether healthcare professionals will be involved in facilitating assisted dying, and the effect this may have on them.

Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’ and the Bizarre Role of Guns in American Culture

December 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A murder weapon shown in court in a recent case in Flagler County. (© FlaglerLive)

Stephen Sondheim, who died on Nov. 26, 2021, had a knack for using stage and song to explore America’s dark, violent underbelly. “Assassins” is a collective biography of the historical figures who attempted to assassinate U.S. presidents, four of them successfully.

Banning LGBTQ-Themed Books From Flagler Schools Is an Attempt to Erase Students Like Me. We Will Not Stand For It.

December 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 47 Comments

Jack Petocz at the Nov. 16 demonstration he organized, holding a copy of "All Boys Aren't Blue." (© FlaglerLive)

Linking the vile and threatening language his student-led demonstration drew outside a school board meeting in November to the superintendent’s decision to ban an LGBTQ-themed book for now, Jack Petocz, a student at Flagler Palm Coast High School, calls on the superintendent to reconsider the decision and consider its consequences.

Superintendent’s Decision: ‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’ Banned for Now, Other Books Return to Library Shelves

December 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt sent the Flagler School Board a summary of a book committee's findings and her recommendations regarding four titles Board member Jill Woolbright had challenged. (© FlaglerLive)

Following the challenges of four titles by Flagler School Board member Jill Woolbright and a review by a book-challenge committee, the superintendent decided to return three of the four titles to their shelves but withhold a fourth pending new protocols that could still provide access.

UF Board Chairman Mori Hosseini Blasts Professors Testifying Against New Election Law

December 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

“The overwhelming majority of our faculty are here for the reason we are, to educate, research, serve the University of Florida as their employer,” UF Board of Trustees Chairman Mori Hosseini said. The statement (© FlaglerLive via Florida Channel)

During a meeting Friday, UF Board of Trustees chairman Mori Hosseini led the charge in sharply criticizing the professors and rallying around university President Kent Fuchs, though Hosseini appeared to misunderstand the scope of professors’ academic freedom.

Committee Reviewing Books 2 Board Members Want Banned Completes Its Work as District Sounds Out Librarians

December 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The Flagler Palm Coast High School Media Center is usually a refuge from adult absurdities. (© FlaglerLive)

The findings of a committee judging the appropriateness of four books for school libraries are expected imminently, as new book challenges have been filed and the Flagler district’s eight librarians were interviewed by district staff about their practices.

Supreme Court Will Eviscerate Roe v. Wade But Signals Split on What Comes Next

December 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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The Supreme Court justices signaled a major shift on abortion law in arguments on a Missouri case today but the six conservative justices who hold the majority in the highest court seemed divided: Would they overturn the core right to abortion entirely or would they allow abortion to be limited by the states to the early stages of pregnancy?

American Library Association Condemns Broad Censorship of Books on Race and LGBTQ in Schools and Libraries

December 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

As in the rest of the country, the books targeted for bans by Flagler County School Board member Jill Woolbright are by or about marginalized people. (© FlaglerLive)

Some individuals and officials say the voices of the marginalized have no place on library shelves. Including in Flagler, they have launched campaigns demanding the censorship of books and resources that mirror the lives of those who are gay, queer, or transgender, or that tell the stories of persons who are Black, Indigenous or persons of color.

Anti-CRT Lawmakers Are Passing Pro-CRT Laws

November 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Harvard Law professor Derrick Bell is largely credited as the originator of critical race theory. (David Shankbone/Wikimedia Commons)

Anti-CRT messaging has emerged as a signature – and potent – GOP political talking point. But while Republicans introduced 54 CRT-related bills across 24 states, most of these bills – if you take seriously their actual text – call for more CRT, not less.

Federal Judge Blocks Biden’s Vaccine Mandate for Millions of Health Workers in 10 States

November 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Under the rules with a Jan. 4 deadline, many private sector employees will be required to get vaccinated or undergo weekly tests, while some 17 million health care providers at facilities participating in the federal Medicare and Medicaid health insurance programs must be vaccinated — with no option to choose weekly testing instead.

‘Let’s Go Brandon’ and the Linguistic Jiujitsu of American Politics

November 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The epithet was brandished by individuals, many masked, most from out of town, who hurled obscenities at Flagler County students demonstrating against book bans at the Government Services Building earlier this month. (© FlaglerLive)

The enthusiastic adoption of the phrase by President Joe Biden’s detractors suggests that “Let’s go Brandon” is best described as a minced oath. These are euphemisms used in place of a taboo or blasphemous expression. Such oaths have a long history in English. Some Biden supporters are turning the phrase into one of support for him. And as a variant, some of the president’s supporters have begun to employ, “Thank you Brandon.”

Judge All Instances of Hatred and Bias Equally

November 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Time after time, if the aggressor is white and the victim is not, it automatically becomes a narrative about bigotry and white supremacy. The “Through the Looking Glass” moment came when Rittenhouse, who is white, shot three men, who were also white, and he’s still attacked as an example of white privilege. This is madness, and we are in societal quicksand.

Flagler School Libraries Face Chilling Dangers Beyond Book Bans

November 27, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

If disingenuous were an undiscovered continent, Flagler County School Board member Jill Woolbright, above, would be its Columbus. (© FlaglerLive)

Book-banning doesn’t really exist: ban a book, and it gains more notoriety than ever. The danger ahead in Flagler schools is Board members Jill Woolbright’s and Janet McDonald’s attempt to keep certain books from even reaching library shelves before they’re bought, thus eliminating the glare of controversy. That kind of self-censorship is far more damaging to diversity on Flagler’s library shelves.

Inaction from Florida House on ‘Vile’ Social Media Posts Against Muslims and Palestinians from GOP’s Randy Fine

November 26, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

In mid-August, an official complaint was filed in the Florida House of Representatives against Randy Fine, the Palm Bay Republican, for “hateful” and “atrocious” social media comments directed to Palestinians and Muslims, whom he’s called “monsters,” “terrorists,” and “rapists,” among other Islamophobic bigotries, on his social media platforms.

Criminalizing a Black Jogger: 3 Georgia Men Found Guilty of Murdering Ahmaud Arbery

November 24, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Greg McMichael, Travis McMichael and William Bryan face life in prison when sentenced.

Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was killed on Feb. 23, 2020, after being pursued through the predominantly white suburban neighborhood of Satilla Shores, near Brunswick in Georgia. For many, the manner of his death raised questions over the role race played in the killing, evoking a U.S. in which gangs of white men killed Black men and boys with impunity.

The Personhood Argument Gestating Over Abortion

November 23, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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On Dec. 1, 2021, the court will hear a case many believe will force the conservative justices — who now command a majority of the court — to decide if they will strike down Roe v. Wade or uphold the long-standing precedent. But a third path could focus a ruling on a more neglected aspect of the ruling in Roe — the court’s understanding of the facts of fetal personhood.

Conversion Therapy Is Lethal Bunk, But Fewer Than Half the States Ban It

November 21, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Twenty states have enacted bans on conversion therapy for minors, but that leaves 30 states in which there is only a partial ban or no ban at all.

Many LGBTQ youth live in states, Florida among them, that have no ban in place protecting them from conversion therapy – a practice that the scientific community has long since shunned, and that nearly doubles the incidence of suicide among gay, lesbian and bisexual people victimized by the fraud.

Rittenhouse Verdict Flies in the Face of Legal Standards for Self-Defense

November 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 95 Comments

Kyle Rittenhouse, aka Kyle Rittenhouse, of Antioch, Illinois was 17-year-old whe he shot and killed two men and wounded another man in the arm during confrontations at two locations in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (DonkeyHotey)

In delivering its verdict, a Wisconsin jury decided that Rittenhouse’s conduct was justified, even though the prosecution argued that he provoked the violent encounter and, therefore, should not be able to find refuge in the self-defense doctrine.

It’s Our Right as Americans to Breathe Open Air Without Some Wussy Libtard Face Diaper

November 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

Breathe free and die. (© FlaglerLive)

Gov. Ron DeSantis and the fine MAGA folks of the Florida Legislature are right here in the state capital, passing laws telling Biden where he can stick that order making businesses with more than 100 employees mandate the vax. And yeah, it might cost the taxpayers several million for the lawsuits that’ll come out of these new bills, but keeping Florida free is worth every penny.

Closing Inquiry, Sheriff Rebuffs Charge of ‘Crime’ in Book Controversy; Woolbright Wants ‘All Young Adult Books Checked’

November 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

The Flagler County School Board's Jill Woolbright and Janet McDonald on Tuesday. the books to the right were McDonald's. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office found no grounds for a criminal inquiry into School Board member Jill Woolbright’s charge that making “All Boys Aren’t Blue” available to students was a “crime.” The sheriff was sharply critical of having been brought into a position of making judgments he said are the responsibility of the board and its processes. The inquiry also dismissed claims that Woolbright faced any immediate threat, as had been claimed.

Congressional Committee Launches Probe into University of Florida Policy That Gagged Professors

November 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

UF President Ken Fuchs. (UF)

In a letter to University of Florida President Kent Fuchs on Thursday, the U.S. House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties said the panel has opened a probe into UF’s conflict-of-interest policy used to silence professors, saying it “undermines the academic and free speech values that are essential” to higher education.

DeSantis Signs Bills Prohibiting Vaccine Mandates in Geographically Keyed Obscenity at President Biden

November 18, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis announcing the signing of anti-vaccine mandate bills in Brandon today, a location chosen intentionally to coincide with the far-right war chant "Let's Go Brandon," a euphemism for "fuck Joe Biden." (© FlaglerLive via Florida Channel)

DeSantis has spent months battling with the Biden administration about Covid-19 policies, and Thursday’s event was held in Brandon, Fla., a community that shares a name with part of a conservative derogatory slogan about President Joe Biden.

Why All Boys Aren’t Blue Belongs in High School Libraries: A Response to Brian McMillan

November 18, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

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Palm Coast Observer Editor Brian McMillan would restrict the book at the center of a controversy from high school libraries, even though he doesn’t find it pornographic. His argument and his prescription are untenable, because they rest on an analogy that has no application to George Johnson’s “All Boys Aren’t Blue.” A school district committee is currently reviewing the book’s status.

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