Jackin’ Your J. Erik Jonsson

A question: Does this mean Dave Levinthal is the new Carl Monday? As Levinthal writes in this tasty tongue-twister of a sentence, “Easy availability of pornography at Dallas' libraries also pits two strong interests against each other: Those who don't believe a taxpayer-funded facility designed for education and research should...

By Robert Wilonsky

January 15, 2008

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A question: Does this mean Dave Levinthal is the new Carl Monday?

As Levinthal writes in this tasty tongue-twister of a sentence, “Easy availability of pornography at Dallas' libraries also pits two strong interests against each other: Those who don't believe a taxpayer-funded facility designed for education and research should facilitate people titillating themselves and those who believe restricting information contains its own nefarious set of pitfalls.”

I, for one, am firmly in the latter camp. After all, back when I was homeless, Savage Love was pretty much the only thing I had to live for. --Noah W. Bailey

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