Signs of repression

Jan Herman, in his MSNBC blog The Juice, notes:

Here's a twist. The American Library Association has many fewer book bannings to report than ever. Last year only 20 to 25 books were dropped from school reading lists or libraries, according to The Associated Press.

And I thought Bush was running such a repressive regime....

(PS - I don't know how valid the link to Herman's column is, as there is no "permanent link." This is noted as his Sept. 25, 2002 / 10:30 a.m. ET entry.)