Huck In The hOle

Moonbattery: Mark Twain's Great Works Rewritten to Conform to Political Correctness: "Under liberalism, watering down Twain's masterpiece into lukewarm mush may be the only way to get it back into schools.

Published in the U.S. in 1885, 'Huck Finn' is the fourth most banned book in schools, according to 'Banned in the U.S.A.' by Herbert N. Foerstal, a retired college librarian who has written several books on First Amendment issues.

Despite failing to conform to contemporary thought codes, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a key part of our culture. Here's what Ernest Hemingway had to say about it:

'All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called 'Huckleberry Finn.' … All American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since.'"

And shock of shocks, Hemingway himself is being stuffed down the memory hole...