NewSouth Books plans to release an edition of Huckleberry Finn in which Mark Twain’s 219 repetitions of the word “nigger” are replaced by “slave.” Doug Mataconis is unhappy about this ...

Cutting sex, violence, and profanity from movies is normally considered censorship. But if studios and directors like Steven Spielberg and Steven Soderbergh win a copyright suit against 11 small ...

As promised, I’m revisiting the Tom Bower–Mark Steyn imbroglio. Steyn’s beat, as it were, is the world of irreconcilable political opinion on just about any subject. Promoting himself on ...

Now, I really support quote-bowdlerizing. When I was like 12 (shut up, I was sheltered) I’d run across in, say, Sports Illustrated, some bad word that had clearly been written around.

The news that President Donald Trump had called El Salvador, Haiti and the continent of Africa "shitholes" in a meeting with legislators created a lot of migraines for the D.C.

Bowdlerizing Shakespeare for children is one thing. Slyly rewriting a single word here and there in a classic to protect the “feelings” of a modern minority is ridiculous.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg ACLU Apologizes for Bowdlerizing Ruth Bader Ginsburg Quote A misguided effort to update a Notorious RBG quote backfired. Jonathan H. Adler | 9.28.2021 10:04 AM ...

Censor Censure Bowdlerizing what was meant to be the first-ever comprehensive report on environmental problems facing the U.S., the White House has deleted most of the information the report ...

Starbucks has joined the growing list of chains intent on bowdlerizing adult beverage traditions, suggesting today that flavored coffee's a good substitute for alcohol. Earlier this week, City of ...