We are dog people, my wife and I. I am so by nature. I have had dogs since I was six. She says she was free of the disease until infected by me. We now have another dog, a Boxer puppy, a young female who came into our life because six years ago my...

I Could See My Blood Beth wore blue jeans and a pale pink bra when she slapped me. And the rest was familiar too. Our bedroom, hardwood floors, the desk and the lamp, and our wedding picture above the bed. Beth's black hair, ice pale eyes afire,...

There is an article in The Daily Princetonian celebrating Peter Singer's ten year anniversary at that institution. Of no special import, this article, other than it accused one of the groups leading the opposition to Singer's appointment -- the...

The issue of the so-called "Dignity Wheelchair" came up for discussion about people with disabilities who can sometimes influence the media. One person took action, Brewster Thackeray, AARP's Disability Community Liaison. Thackeray wrote me, "I...

I keep a Google Alert running for "confined to a wheelchair" and "wheelchair bound" simply because I am curious about how they are still used in the English language. This press release came up via my alert settings earlier this week, and after I...