"Dutch Venice" - Giethoorn, The Netherlands

We asked some kids what they would do and here's what they said (freeing the container ship):

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says taxing drivers by the mile "shows a lot of promise"...

Beverly Cleary, beloved children's author, dies at 104

Source: Chicago Tribune

Beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary, whose characters Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins enthralled generations of youngsters, has died. She was 104.

Cleary’s publisher, HarperCollins, announced her death Friday. In a statement, the company said Cleary died in Carmel, California, her home since the 1960s, on Thursday. No cause of death was given.

Trained as a librarian, Cleary didn’t start writing books until her early 30s. Her first novel was 1950?s “Henry Huggins,” based on the children she grew up with in Portland, Oregon. Cleary wrote more than 30 books, which sold millions of copies.

Read more: https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/books/ct-aud-nw-beverly-cleary-author-dead-20210326-fofihgmvwzbwdpm2kh24p3xfua-story.html

Aww... Kamala Harris visits the West Haven Child Development Center in Connecticut.

Putin, Xi among leaders invited to White House climate summit

Source: The Hill

The White House on Friday announced a list of 40 world leaders it has invited to participate in its Leaders Summit on Climate from April 22-23, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The Biden administration also pledged to announce its new Nationally Determined Contribution to carbon emissions under the Paris Climate Agreement before the summit.

In addition to Xi and Putin, invitees include Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

“The Summit will reconvene the U.S.-led Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate, which brings together 17 countries responsible for approximately 80 percent of global emissions and global GDP,” the White House said in a statement Friday.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/545151-white-house-announces-leaders-invited-to-climate-summit

Trae Crowder: A brief message RE the Georgia voter suppression mess.

FFS: Lindsey Graham calls the border "the biggest issue facing the country in many ways right now"

my solution for the Suez Canal problem

Biden bashes the new Georgia voting law, calling it an "atrocity."