8 Articles
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Political Super Bowl
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The political horse race is here. We need to reform the system and set limits on funds and time. We need a popular vote. We need to make sure all votes are verifiable and can count. We need to do away with special status early voting states.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Be Patriotic: Go Shopping!
Our economy stands on its head. In order to move the economy continually forward, we have to buy and spend. But this goes against resource conservation, re-using, and re-cycling. We need to create an economy based on need and not on consumerism's "shop till you drop" mentality.
Monday, December 24, 2007
Who Kidnapped My Child?
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After just two weeks of outcry from parents of disabled kids and advocacy groups, the NYU Child Study Center agreed to remove the provocative 'ransom notes' ads that depicted kids with the 6 disorders as captives of an evil Mafia.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Where Would Jesus Shop?
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Do we really need to buy just for the sake of buying? This seems to me a strange ritual to celebrate the birth of someone who came into a broken, politically oppressed world as an outcast.
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Embracing the Face of Autism: Are we Ready?
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Children with autism grow up and become adults with autism. Are we as a society ready to embrace them?
Friday, March 23, 2007
Privatizing Hospitals is a Bad Idea
If NY State can't allocate our tax dollars for research and development, education and health care, where are our tax dollars going? Should hospitals, educational institutions and research facilities operate primarily to make a profit, or to carry out their mission of patient care, education, and research? Does our health care system exist to provide care for our citizens, or to make money for insurance companies?
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Victory for the Middle Class
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The US House of Representatives approved the Employee Free Choice Act, an important step towards strengthening America's middle class.
Monday, February 12, 2007
Autism Lite?
People with nonverbal learning disability use language to compensate for weaknesses in other areas of communication that we take for granted, like facial expressions, gestures, and body language. They also have problems with motor clumsiness, organizational and executive abilities, and visual processing.
