tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post5945359398022715918..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: What have I been reading?Ashe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-21295293316323924592017-06-14T07:44:23.698-04:002017-06-14T07:44:23.698-04:00Oh, and I LOVE this:
"Why do publishers desc...Oh, and I LOVE this:<br /><br />"Why do publishers describe their policies as guidelines when really they mean they’re hard and fast rules etched on tablets of pure granite?" <br /><br />Too true! Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-9911139577749915462017-06-14T07:43:26.564-04:002017-06-14T07:43:26.564-04:00Thanks so much for the kudos, Ashe!
As for the ma...Thanks so much for the kudos, Ashe!<br /><br />As for the manifestos -- we don't have anything like them in the U.S. Instead there are soundbites and now, tweets. I suspect that an objective measure of literacy in the U.S. would find it's many percentage points lower than in the U.K.<br /><br />Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-51006993111104681972017-06-13T21:07:58.505-04:002017-06-13T21:07:58.505-04:00Whether for better or worse, politics are much mor...Whether for better or worse, politics are much more cut-and-dried here in the US. One party makes sense, the other doesn't. Simple. <br /><br />Unfortunately, the wrong guys are in at this time.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.com