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Hiding in Plain Sight

June 22, 2026 Tags: disability, empathy, morality and justice

  1 Some people hurt others and mean to; some hurt others without meaning to. Some denigrate others and couldn’t care less; some, on discovering a bias deep inside themselves, feel immediate and agonizing remorse. These contrasts came to

Why Does America Make People Hate Government?

May 5, 2026 Tags: annoyances, morality and justice

Now serving U0171 at Window 26. Now serving LN391 at Window 13. Now serving WF254 at Window 3. Last week, my wife and I arrived at the local Department of Motor Vehicles office with documents in hand to complete our Real ID applications.

If Courage Fails You

April 2, 2026 Tags: censorship, morality and justice, politics

My childhood memoir, Courage Comes to You, has just been censored. No, not by a government, but by a publisher. Here in full is the explanation, which the publisher sent to my publicist: When reviewing the author's online posts, they are a little

Compassion

March 19, 2026 Tags: disability, empathy, morality and justice

1. Introduction You cannot legislate compassion. It’s an aphorism wryly acknowledged in political and legal circles. You can pass laws telling people what to do, but you cannot tell them how to feel. In broad terms, it’s a good thing: We don’t

10 Things Blind People Do That Annoy Sighted People

February 26, 2026 Tags: annoyances, disability, empathy, morality and justice

Let me confess at the outset that this title is totally deceptive. I don’t plan to list ten such grievances. The title was inspired by “10 Things Sighted People Do That Annoy Me,” a video posted by Molly Burke, a 32-year-old blind motivational

Birthday Cake, Petulance and Harvard

February 6, 2026 Tags: disability, empathy, morality and justice

Three seemingly disparate events came together for me the other morning. One was the time my Harvard Law School classmates celebrated my birthday during Contracts class. The second was an unintended slight that became the subject of a Zoom meeting.

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