Our “Freedom to Read”

Encouraging reading is a good idea 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. The Weekly News champions “Find Your Freedom to Read During Banned Books Week 2020!” That is the theme of this year’s Banned Books Week, celebrated across the country Sept. 27-Oct. 3.

Actually, reading everything is celebrated and book banning is exposed during this annual week organized by the American Library Association in coalition with others.

All times are good times to read.

There is never a good time or a good reason to publicly ban books – or any material, in any media – from anyone, not even your most...