TagsTagsNothing major tonight, but I’m trying a simple change that has a significant effect on the look of the LGF pages, to see if I like it. I’ve removed the vertical dotted line “rules” that separated the left and right sidebars from the main middle content column, and widened the ...
LGF reader Sheepdogess emailed this lovely photo, taken last May at the Borders Bookstore in Redmond, Washington, featuring an interesting arrangement of reading material:
Since some readers have questioned whether Borders really does have a policy about stocking Korans only on the top shelf, here’s a post at “What Would Charles Martel Do?” that confirms this is no myth: Why I’m Boycotting Borders. Enter issue number two: the policy on stocking the Koran. The issue ...
Borders spokeswoman Beth Bingham, explaining their decision not to carry Free Inquiry magazine because it contained the Danish Mohammed cartoons, said, “For us, the safety and security of our customers and employees is a top priority, and we believe that carrying this issue could challenge that priority.” Although their decision to ...
In an advertisement for a book festival called Wordstock, sponsored in part by Borders Books, here’s your moment of exquisitely timed irony: Ad sponsored by Borders Books: “Never met a banned author I didn’t like.”
Borders, Waldenbooks, Danish cartoons, Appeasement, Wordstock
Borders and Waldenbooks may not be carrying the latest “[Popup]” edition of Free Inquiry magazine featuring the Danish Motoons, but readers in Portland Oregon will be able to find it at Powell’s Books: Borders bans controversial magazine. (Hat tip: Trumanite.) And according to this report, “some outlets” of Barnes & Noble. Several ...
Borders, Waldenbooks, Danish cartoons, Appeasement, Free Inquiry
In today’s faux New York Times: Borders Blasts Back On Controversial Cartoons. (Hat tip: American Digest.) New York, Mar. 31 - Gregory Josefowicz, the combative chairman of Borders Books, blasted back at his on-line critics today in a scathing on-line letter singling out right-wing blogger Charles Johnson of “Little Green Footballs”. Borders ...
LGF reader ‘USA’ has posted the email form letter he received from Borders Books, about their decision to avoid offending their new overlords. It reeks of a hurried consultation with a highly paid PR firm, who have decided on this approach as the best way to handle the storm in which ...
Heh™. UPDATE at 3/31/06 1:30:57 pm: And by the way, I don’t disagree with Gerard’s overall point. It shouldn’t be the responsibility of Borders Books to stand up against radical Islam. But you know, when every other major institution in America (colleges, newspapers, television, magazines, and government) has preemptively surrendered to the ...
Robert Bidinotto has an open letter to Borders Books about their refusal to carry a magazine showing the Danish Mohammed cartoons.
Following up on last night’s post about Borders Books and Waldenbooks refusing to carry a magazine with a cover showing the [Popup], an LGF reader who works at Borders emailed the following story: I work for Borders Books and after reading the article you posted on Wed. 3/29 about our company ...
The big bookstore chains will not be standing up for free speech: Borders, Waldenbooks Won’t Carry Magazine. (Hat tip: Brenda Walker.) Borders and Waldenbooks stores will not stock the April-May issue of Free Inquiry magazine because it contains cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that provoked deadly protests among Muslims in several ...