Paul A. Lombardo is a Regents’ Professor and Bobby Lee Cook Professor of Law at Georgia State University. This interview is based on his book, Three Generations, No Imbeciles: Eugenics, the Supreme Court and Buck v. Bell (Johns Hopkins University...
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Henri Nouwen, “A Journey of the Heart”
Yesterday my Created and Called for Community students read “Adam’s Peace,” an essay (originally delivered as a lecture) by the late spiritual writer and Catholic priest Henri Nouwen. Nouwen reflects on his experience with Adam Arnett, a severely disabled man...
What COVID-19 exposed about the United States
All of these points come from Ed Yong’s recent piece at The Atlantic: “How the Pandemic Defeated America.” We under-fund public health. Our health-care system is weak. Too much of what we do spend on healthcare is wasted. We have not...
My Cousin and His Daughters Go Viral
Jake and his daughters, Erin and Riley Yesterday my cousin Jake posted a letter to Twitter written by his 9-year old daughter Riley. Riley and her twin sister Erin are both hearing impaired (they wear hearing aids) and were thus […]
Americans With Disabilities Act Turns 20
Now & Then, the blog of the American Social History Project, has a nice historical reflection by Leah Nahmias on the 20th anniversary of the American with Disabilities Act. Here is a taste: The other night I saw a public […]