To the ever growing list of politically incorrect literary works, add yet another great American novel-J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye." According to a recent Washington Post article, despite being more popular than ever with students, the book is quickly falling into disfavor with educators. Once a staple for mandatory reading lists in high school English courses, Catcher, like "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" before it, now finds itself on the hit list of the Left.

Ironically, the same generation that relished reading a book banned for its language and "subversive" nature is now censoring it because it fails to fit their political agenda. While the brouhaha over Huck Finn ostensibly focused on Twain's liberal use of racial slurs, the teachers say that Catcher is not multicultural enough and, therefore, simply no longer relevant to today's audiences. They say it must make way for works by contemporary minority authors like Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou.