Fred Barnard By Gretchen Garrity     "I wear the chain I forged in life. I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of m...

  The Abbey library of St Gall is one of the oldest monastic libraries in the world Above the entrance door is a Greek inscription, ΨΥΧΗΣ ΙΑ...

Marsh's Library Dublin, Ireland Built in 1707 pic.twitter.com/feIY3woXlg — The Ways of A Gentleman (@Gentleman_Ways) November 17, 2025 ...

Brian Doyle, The Daily Declaration By Gretchen Garrity The next time local activists spout off about free speech at the library, share thi...

From: It's Columbus Day!  Columbus Day is a federal holiday, falling on the second Monday in October. In the past, the Christian County ...

 

"Gender is assigned at birth." That's what we're told. But then there's this: This is what "gender affirming care...

The longer I’ve been involved with the movement to protect girls and women, the more I see that much (most) of it is really a thinly veiled ...

  "It's an absolute travesty, but it would appear that you won't be stopped until, hopefully, the lawsuits begin in earnest....

   "Once the child is exploited that way there is major damage." --Jaco Booyens 🗣 It's #BannedBooksWeek ! So let's talk ...

  Yesterday was a wonderful day. I got to meet one of the people whose content gave me the courage to face the reason I transitioned in the ...

  IT'S ALL CONNECTED... This might be the most disturbing paper I have ever read, perhaps even edging out a recent paper about "Que...

  It is regrettable that our society has become so confused as to think that providing children with sexually explicit books is somehow virt...

The Christian County Library will hold its monthly board meeting tonight at 6 p.m. at the Nixa branch. The formal removal of the American Li...

  Non refert quam multos libros, sed quam bonos habeas — “It matters not how many, but how good books you have” (Seneca) pic.twitter.com/5FE...

 

   Below is ' the actual cost of thoughts and prayers ': Replacing the previous board of trustees Disassociating from the ALA Rework...

 

  By Gretchen Garrity While I believe the assassination of Charlie Kirk was from a state actor, the climate of division and hatred in our co...

Excellent discussion about school and public libraries.