
Jeffrey St. Clair @JSCCounterPunch
Great Moments in Post Office History: In 1890, after being berated by Teddy Roosevelt (then head of the Civil Service Commission) the postmaster general banned the mailing of Tolstoy's Kreutzer Sonata, ruling it "obscene." TR denounced Tolstoy as "a sexual & moral pervert." — PolitiTweet.org