'' Not in Front of the Children '' is a history of censorship from Ancient Greece , Ancient Rome and the Middle Ages to the present . Heins examines the Comstock laws , promulgated by Anthony Comstock in 1873 , which criminalized the mailing of writings deemed immoral . Examples of censored works include James Joyce 's '' Ulysses '' , D. H. Lawrence 's '' Lady Chatterley 's Lover '' and comedian George Carlin 's seven dirty words monologue . The author discusses the Meese Report , by the Attorney General 's Commission on Pornography . The report acquired its colloquial name because the panel was selected by U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese . Released in 1986 , the report decried pornography 's alleged harm to women and children . Contemporary censorship issues detailed in the book include Howard Stern and the Columbine High School massacre , and the author critiques '' A Return to Modesty : Discovering the Lost Virtue '' by Wendy Shalit and Mothers Organized for Moral Stability ( MOMS ) . The author discusses censorship aimed at youth in U.S. legislation including the Children 's Internet Protection Act and Communications Decency Act
Columbine High School massacre
Columbine High School massacre
Not in Front of the Children