| Apr 23, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyI’m legally blind. Like most blind people, I don’t take cars for test drives, chop down trees with a chainsaw, or keep my blindness a secret. You wouldn’t know this from watching the new NBC show, Growing Up Fisher, a TV show about a blind lawyer...
| Feb 18, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyIn The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy assessed the odd things she was experiencing and said to her little dog, “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” Lately, Sen. Pat Roberts has gained a new understanding of what Dorothy meant. The Kansas...
| Dec 12, 2012 | Peace / SecurityAmerica is suffering from a failure to commit. Just ask Bob Dole. While the former GOP presidential candidate and decorated veteran watched from his wheelchair on the Senate floor, all but eight of the Republicans in that chamber shamefully voted down the United...
| Dec 20, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyI was born on Christmas Day as an only child, and destined to remain one. My parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, having no other outlet, inundated me with presents every Christmas–toy cars to ride in, red wagons, pearl-handled cap pistols, games that used...
