Roving Rose’s April article Telecommuting. Good and timely article! I will however, remain skeptical that the $20 million initiative will have any significant impact on unemployment for people with disabilities. …
The Republican’s Bible
Being exposed to the oppressive Catholic rhetoric at an early age and into my early teenage years has turned me into a religious cynic, but the way the Republican party …
Terri Schiavo on My Mind
Let’s talk life and death. Most specifically, the life and impending death of Terri Schiavo. Here are the facts, as I know them, and what I think about them. Fifteen …
Terri Is Gone But Infotainment Lives On
I’m sick of the high-profile news stories: Scott Peterson, Robert Blake, Michael Jackson, the courthouse shooter, and now the Schiavo-Schindler family fracas. “Infotainment,” I’ve heard it called. The Terri Schiavo …
Hasbro Commits To Change in Super Deformed Heroes
For many people with disabilities a sigh of relief is heard when the news about Hasbro’s agreement to discontinue marketing their Kmart exclusive toys called, “Super Deformed Heroes”. “How can …
Keeping The Man Down
I know it’s becoming cliché to vilify republicans for having little to no regard for the working class, but it doesn’t help that every time a bill comes to the …
To Live or Not to Live
I recently came across a news story about the U.N. diplomats writing a treaty regarding the rights of the disable ach department phone d. The focus of this particular story …
Million Dollar Baby
This is a hard time for me. The first of March is the one-year anniversary of my son’s death. I really don’t know what to say about that, except, I’m …
POLITICS: Where we’ve come from, where we’re going, and where we better
Life is political-along with other things, of course. We live in society and our social lives are political. That’s pretty obvious. We deal with politics on a daily basis and …