Delicious LiveJournal Links for 8-19-2011

"...stress created by incivility can be so intense that, at the end of the day, it is taken home."

"...avoid moral panic and a rush to historically-illiterate judgement."

He began a speech so pained and passionate that I could not tell if it meant the beginning or the end for us. I retained none of it as I concentrated on keeping my face neutral and my breathing steady, ready to bear the worst with dignity, until the very end when the tumble of words paused and he said “… and that’s why I want to marry you.”