Another year has gone. The world is still at war. We are looking at uncertainty within and outside of our country. So in short, nothing has changed since last year. But we are still here, there is still hope, there is still resistance to the evil that walks this earth. As long as there are good people who will stand up for the values that Christmas represents there is still possibility.
Wishing you all a Happy Christmas!
I found the phrase in my title in a letter in my local newspaper. The writer was talking about a school district in my state which has been intent on removing some books from its library shelves as well as its curriculum. They seem to think using a site like BookLooks.org to research books is a good idea. The writer of the letter had some objections to that. As, frankly, do I. Banning books for “objectionable” content is as old as, well, Nazi Germany. The letter writer felt his relatives who survived the holocaust would understand, "Und so beginnt es".
For book banning is only a beginning.
The environment we find ourselves in feels an awful lot like this:
