Beyond The Code Of The Streets Ta-Nehesi Coates, New York Times, May 4, 2013 I read this article a couple weeks ago. The author descr...

This week, NBC announced its Fall 2013 TV schedule, and one of its new shows is "Ironside" , a remake … or maybe reimagining … of ...

I, Claudius BBC, 1976 Claudius - Derek Jacobi Augustus - Brian Blessed Livia - Sian Phillips "I, Claudius" is one of my all...

Report: Wealthy hire disabled guides to skip lines at Disney World Josh Levs, CNN - May 15, 2013 I've been seeing headlines about ...

There's an underdog economic theory gaining a bit of minor-league momentum, which proposes that instead of addressing poverty through ...

Disabled Couple Seek Life Together in Group Home Frank Eltman, Associated Press - May 7, 2013 Is this one of those stories of injusti...

Monday - Disability News Tuesday - Services, Or Just Money? Wednesday - Pop Culture Review: "I, Claudius" Thursday -...

Rather than completely re-writing my "Forrest Gump" post from Wednesday , I'll just try to explain the idea I was trying to ex...

This jar opener is one of the most useful things I own … probably the most valuable in terms of usefulness per dollar spent to buy it. It...

Thinking about "Forrest Gump" has led me down an interesting path. Until about 20 years ago, if someone had asked me what elem...

I like the idea I was trying to express in yesterday's Pop Culture Review of "Forrest Gump" , but I don't like the way I w...

"Forrest Gump" is told from Forrest Gump's point of view. On one level, that's obvious. Over half of the story consis...

I have switched the comments feature to an application called Disqus . At the bottom of each blog post, you will find a link that reads ...