Tag Archives: disabilities
Abusing Stutterers: I Am Surprised and Disappointed
I assumed that there were people who had no sympathy for stutterers, but I would expect them to live under a rock, not be teaching in colleges. Continue reading
Filed under Daily Life, Education, Etiquette and manners, Health and Medicine, Professions, U.S. Society
Ethics Hero: Kirk Douglas
All of Kirk’s heroes and anti-heroes followed him on stage last night: Spartacus, Ned Land, Col. “Jiggs” Casey, Detective Jim McLeod, Vincent Van Gogh, Midge Kelly, Doc Holiday, Jim Deakins, Einar (my favorite, in “The Vikings”), and the rest, and they all took a last curtain call with the bravura actor who gave them life. Continue reading
The Dilemma of the Legless High School Pitcher
Is a high school baseball coach unethical to cut a talented pitcher with metal legs? Or are critics asking him to be unethical, granting special privileged because of the boy’s disability? Continue reading
