TRENTON, MAINE-Jo Schneiderman's piece on self-censorship is one of the most important and precise framings of the present moment in history related to the First Amendment and the sad capitulation from honest discourse to passively conspiring with a growing authoritarian government by institutions of higher learning and now a local librarian afraid of truth.
Where is the courage of those we expect to lead us or lead with us with justice lighting our way?
Laurie Goldman
Trenton, Maine
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