Just re-read Fahrenheit 451. Interesting tidbit I learned from the intro: first publication of the full novel was published in the very first 3 episodes of Playboy Magazine in 1953-54, the first publication rights purchased by Hugh Hefner for the not-so-princely sum of $450.00. This was a brilliant move by Hefner because the story is about censorship; [...]

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A couple of stories this past week highlight a troubling new trend in the United States: Cops using tasers on kids. I’m not talking teenagers, either. I am talking about two ten year olds, both tasered for behaving unruly in the presence of sheriff’s deputies. You’d think we could have a consensus that [...]

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I like it when cops get killed… you know why? Because I am a sporting man. Cops: 175 Bad Guys: Nothing — that just doesn’t have a good ring to it. When the newsman tells me a robbery suspect was perforated 47 times and he didn’t even get the chance to squeeze off [...]

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