Nan A. Talese, the publisher who heaped A Million Little Pieces on to the world, says it’s not her fault James Frey lied in his "memoir."  According to her, and most in the publishing industry, it’s not the job of the publisher to prove an author’s assertions are true.  They just accept the word of the author.  What a load of bullshit!  To a certain extent I can accept that answer, but when an everyday person can use the Internet to discover the fallacies in Frey’s book I think the hugely successful Random House can hire a few interns to do the same.  This is the same kind of bullshit answer that allows morons like Ann Coulter to be publish lies for Random House’s other imprint, Crown.

I’m not sure what to think of this device.  I do think the first time it can be linked to a child abduction or pedophile is the last time you’ll see it on the market. 

It’s been awhile since I was a teenager and there were certainly times when I wished my parents would butt the hell out of my life and give me some privacy.  With 20/20 hindsight I can see they were only looking out for my best interests and doing whatever they could to keep me safe.  Teenagers shouldn’t have this kind of privacy, in my opinion.  They certainly have no right to privacy while they are still minors.  Parents need the tools to make sure their children remain safe, and if that means reading their IM logs or checking the websites they visit, then so be it.  There are too many frightening things out there.

We should have seen this coming.  Democrats really fumbled this and may have changed the balance  of the court for the next 40 years.