I don’t read young adult literature, and don’t have any young adults around at the moment who do. So, I’m not in a position to say whether all the books out there for teens are full of horrific violent profanity ridden dreck or not. But apparently a writer for the Wall Street Journal has read everything available in the YA genre, because she is so appalled by what she believes is on the shelves, she posted a scathing article condemning the publishing industry and booksellers for pushing these depraved works. Let’s put one pertinent fact out there right away. Meghan Cox Gurdon wrote this article in a publication owned by the king of conservatism and media control, Rupert Murdock, the self same individual who owns