Thursday, January 24, 2002

UN-CIVIL CENSORSHIP: Lloyd Grove reports today on a censorship controversy at the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. It seems that Chairman May Frances Berry, who proved she was a Stalinist during the drafting of the commission's Florida election report, is trying to block the publication of a book review in the commission's "Civil Rights Journal." The reason? Because it mentions commissioners Abigail Thernstrom and Christopher Edley. If you remember, Berry tried everything in her power to block the publication of Thernstrom's dissenting opinion to the commission's highly slanted Florida election report. "Mary Frances Berry is a totalitarian. She's a book-burner, and she constantly lies," Thernstrom told Grove.