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The History of the Bumper Sticker: We’re Not Just in Kansas Anymore

Where did all those bumper stickers come from, anyway? To find an answer, turn to Whitney Baker, a conservator at the University of Kansas Library: While Baker works painstakingly to preserve chemically volatile vinyl stickers in separated layers of plastic and archival silicone-release or alkaline papers, she also has traced the history of bumper stickers [...]

Book Burners for Palin

A large segment of the population of the United States agrees with Sarah Palin. They love the idea of censoring books and other forms of free speech. They believe that it’s the government’s job to protect people from dissent.