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shadowkat ([personal profile] shadowkat) wrote2016-08-02 09:21 pm

Links

1. How to Listen When You Disagree: A Lesson from the Republican National Convention

2. The US is Finally Getting It's First OffShore Wind Farm - a step up from offshore oil drilling.

3. The Power and Pleasure of Children's Books - Various Essays on Children's Literature

Notably?

* A Great Series That Began on The Web - this is the series, The Girl Who Circumvented Fairy-Land in a Ship of Her Own Making that lj user="cat_valente" wrote and published on her web site with links to her LJ.

* Pushing Past Harry Potter - JK Rowlings Moves Past Children's Literature to Write a Realist Novel for Adults - J K. Rowling makes the transition to writing for adults: “There is no part of me that feels that I represented myself as your children’s babysitter or their teacher.”

* Henry James and the Great YA Debate

4. The Desire to Know Each Other

5. An Open Letter to My Friends Who Support Donald Trump. Also Politics related:

* If You are Still Bernie or Bust at this Stage of the Election, Let's Talk About What You Really Are

* Richard Hanna Becomes First Republican Congressman who says he's voting for Hillary Clinton (There's also a post that states - Republicans for Hillary, Principles Over Party Loyalty).

* Top Jeb Bush Advisor Resigns from the GOP, Declares Herself Independent and Will vote for Hillary if she is behind in Florida

And oh, the VFW (The Veterans Association) endorsed Clinton, as did the Houston Chronicle, which has never endorsed a Democratic Candidate in its history.

We live in interesting times, don't we? ;-)

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