Some libraries are installing filters, most notably the Herrick District Library based in Holland, where voters overwhelmingly defeated a filter-mandate ordinance on the February Republican primary ballot. But there comes a time when I dislike having children affected by materials inappropriate for them more. The library will also erect a partition between adult and children's computers, and drape the adult-side windows. That's not good enough for Kimberley Fraser of the Family Research Council, which campaigned hard for the failed Holland ordinance. In campaign appearances October 5, George W. Bush said he would require libraries and schools that receive federal funds to install Internet filters to prevent children from accessing sexually explicit or violent material.
Culture is sometimes the enemy of what parents and teachers are trying to teach our children.
Bush repeated his call for filters that day at McKinley Elementary School in Appleton, Wisconsin, where he addressed some 400 supporters. It's clear that the political culture of Illinois is . . . Ironically, the National Park Service, a bureau of the Department of the Interior, opposes funding for the library. The Associated Press quoted service spokesman David Barna as saying that the facility will never be a central repository for Lincoln papers, simply because there are already 17 sites with significant Lincoln collections. She will take the helm of Cahners' monthly magazine for children's, young adult, and school librarians October 16.