Tammy Yee's Blog

• Free Speech Follies...AGAIN

  October 29, 2009

  • A month ago, I wrote about Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Absolutists believe campaign finance reform is in violation of the First Amendment — corporations should have the same right to free speech enjoyed by individuals. They argue there's no evidence that overturning campaign finance reform will result in an influx of corporate wealth and influence into the political arena. ...
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• Forget 2012, it's Apocalypse Now!

  October 25, 2009

  •   Go forth, ye pilgrims, to Chichen Itzá and Tikal in search of Mayan prophecy and New Age Rapture, so that ye may spare we skeptics the long buffet lines at Down to Earth that we have so long endured... And whilst you await divine inspiration—amusing the true Mayan descendants with thine fanny packs and crystals—do partake in the local economy and buy an abundance of native ...
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• Q & A With Richard Peck

  September 29, 2009

  • "Nobody but a reader ever became a writer, and nobody but a very good reader ever became an editor." ~Richard Peck Full article on www.publishersweekly.com. Some of my fellow SCBWIers (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators) have had the good fortune to attend one of Richard Peck's workshops. Years later, they can't stop raving about him--and for good reason. ...
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