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Words That Make Us Feel Hopeless

March 21, 2025 Tags: politics, word usage

Certain phrases and words in common use today contribute to widespread feelings of futility. It’s a despair we can’t afford. Here are three examples. 1. Chaos When I think of chaos, I picture a herd of cattle in a stampede or refugees fleeing a

No Numbers, No Stories: Disability and the Harm of Secrecy

March 7, 2025 Tags: disability, morality and justice, politics, well-being and medical

1. Without Facts …? It is impossible to obtain objective information about the quality of a college’s services for disabled students. For other identifiable groups, we can get numbers, but not for disabled students. Members of those other groups are

Rarified Bubble

November 21, 2024 Tags: disability, empathy, morality and justice, politics

“Super blink” might be the harshest insult inside the so-called blind community. It refers to a visually impaired person who has done so well in mainstream society that they’re out of touch with other blind people. The mainstream equivalent might be

Have You No Sense of Decency?

November 15, 2024 Tags: morality and justice, politics

Could the Republicans’ resounding victory on November 5 be an indicator of success for progressive causes? I don’t pose this ironic question lightly. I’m hopeful that the good news for Trump will turn out to be a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Now that

Despair Is Not an Option

November 11, 2024 Tags: history, morality and justice, politics

In recent months, the presidential campaigns were all-too-compelling distractions. Now that Donald Trump has won and Republicans look likely to control Congress, with a Supreme Court of soulmates watching on, we are forced to contemplate a disturbing

The Elizabeth Street Garden: Is New York City Really Going to Demolish It?

August 28, 2024 Tags: morality and justice, New York City, politics

Do we want a place of scenic beauty or, in its place, affordable housing for homeless people? That’s the seeming choice facing New Yorkers who love Manhattan’s Elizabeth Street Garden. For people in this extremely built-up stretch, Elizabeth

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