Voices: Not all books are created equal. Utah schools should curate what they endorse.

Voices: Not all books are created equal. Utah schools should curate what they endorse.

I am, in general, morally opposed to book banning. History gives us good reason to be suspicious of any effort to restrict access to ideas, especially when those efforts are driven by fear, moral panic or political signaling. Societies that ban books often do so not because stories are harmful, but because they are disruptive — because they challenge power, expose hypocrisy or force uncomfortable reflection.