US Government Buys Books, Destroys Them (Why This Isn’t Censorship)

“Here’s why this is visionary and not simply stupid. Getting rid of a lot of books may sound uncomfortably like censorship — a kinder, gentler version of that preacher in Florida threatening to burn copies of the Koran. While destroying a holy book is a desecration, buying 10,000 copies of a war memoir is economic stimulus.”