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Monthly Archives: December 2004

Is There Censorship? NCAC Letter to NY Times

By |2016-02-09T15:57:05-05:00December 22nd, 2004|Blog|

To the Editor: If Rachel Donadio ("Is There Censorship?" Book Review, 12/19/04) is correct that the "c-word" is occasionally overused, the main example this holiday season is the absurd claim that using generic phrases like "happy holidays" and "season's greetings" constitutes censorship of "Christmas" and "Christians." More importantly, however, Donadio's overly restrictive view of censorship misses the big picture. The reader is left unaware of the assault on teaching evolution, [...]

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US Customs Seizes Comic Book Shipment

By |2020-01-03T14:13:12-05:00December 21st, 2004|Blog|

A political satire entitled Richie Bush by cartoonist Peter Kuper, of Mad Magazine and 'Spy vs. Spy' fame, is one of two stories from the Eastern European comic anthology Stripburger that has caused several books from a recent shipment to the port of Charleston to be seized by U.S. Customs.

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Bush Monkeys by Chris Savido Cause Cancellation of Exhibition

By |2019-03-15T17:48:55-04:00December 20th, 2004|Updates|

Political Satire Out!   New York NY Posted December 20, 2004 After a Chelsea Market manager saw "Bush Monkeys," a small acrylic on canvas by Chris Savido, he closed down the whole 60-piece show, which included the work. From afar, "Bush Monkeys" looks like a portrait of President Bush, but when you get closer you see the image is made [...]

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Science Textbook Rejected by Texas School Commissioners

By |2019-03-15T17:19:39-04:00December 16th, 2004|Incidents|

A federal district court in Dallas dismissed a lawsuit against the state for rejecting an environmental science textbook the commissioners didn't like. The case, Chiras v. Miller, brought by Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, charged that the textbook was rejected for "illegitimate, unconstitutional reasons." The commissioners had turned the book down for failing to adequately present the oil and gas [...]

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Press Release: Regulations on Publishing Works from US-Sanctioned Countries Modified

By |2020-01-03T14:13:11-05:00December 15th, 2004|Updates|

In September 2004, publishing trade groups and authors' organizations filed suit in federal court to strike down regulations of the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control that effectively bar U.S. publishers from publishing books and journal articles originating in countries such as Iran, Cuba and Sudan that are subject to U.S. trade embargoes.

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