ROBIN ROBERTS, Good Morning America Co-Anchor: Good morning and hello to you on this Wednesday, November 7th. I’m Robin Roberts, and for those of you who went to bed early last night, it appears that Mitt Romney has won the…
People first. That’s the simplest way I can describe how best to talk about disability and people with disabilities. Speak of the person first, then, if it’s relevant, of his or her disability. It’s the difference between explaining what a…
In a key scene in the film Gattaca, a genetic counselor speaks with a young couple about the child they’d like to have. The couple’s first child, Vincent, was diagnosed immediately after birth with several disabilities including a heart defect…
There are many criteria that can be used to determine which presidential debate moderator performed best, including the number of questions asked, the quality of the questions, as well as any perceived biases toward the candidates. And of course some…
We can learn a lot about the presidential campaign by comparing what the candidates are selling — not in terms of policies but in terms of memorabilia. What stands out most at the Obama online store is the volume of…
“I think politicians who divorce themselves from their faith are being hypocrites. I can’t see how one can do that. …We’re taught that in business, that in raising our children, in how we conduct ourselves with our family, in everything…
In the aftermath of Rep. Todd Akin’s comments about abortion and “legitimate rape,” as well as the attention given to Rep. Paul Ryan’s “almost no exceptions” opposition to abortion, the idea has resurfaced that opposition to abortion hurts pro-life candidates…
Shortly after winning reelection in 2004, George W. Bush was asked whether he thought more or less highly of his predecessors, now that he’d been in office awhile. “Of my predecessors? Very interesting,” he said, before immediately adding, “More highly…
The president has again invoked his daughters to justify his support for abortion. According to a Politico story, Obama, campaigning in Portland, OR, Tuesday, said, “Mr. Romney wants to get rid of funding for Planned Parenthood. I think that’s a…
One was the divorced son of an alcoholic shoe salesman; another, the stepson of an alcoholic car salesman; still another, the self-proclaimed “black sheep” of his family. The history of the American presidency is a history of men who have…