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At the local meeting with our representatives, the banning of books came up. One banned book cited by Rivera was "To Kill a Mockingbird." Newton said the state superintendent of schools banned it due to depiction of slavery. Murdock said he had no problem with the book. What right does the state superintendent or anyone else have to say what we can and cannot read?

There was a hubbub years ago about television content. Again, someone was trying to control what we watched. A wise cousin of mine figured it out. If you don't like what you are seeing, change the channel. The same goes for the b...