Culture, chaos theory and choice

So, in my BADD post the other day, I explicitly noted the evil of our U.S. foreign policy in Iraq -- our war that, among other things, disa...

The Most Important Disability Policy

I had a hard time choosing one topic for this year's BADD. There's the presidential candidates' disability policies , McCain...

Disabled in Gaza

From a Reuters report : By Nidal al-Mughrabi Reuters - Monday, January 21 02:02 pm JABALYA, Gaza (Reuters) - Ready to act fast to save his l...

Veterans sue U.S. government

On Monday, two veterans' organizations filed a nationwide class-action suit against the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) for fai...

Friday music: Mr. Larkin by State Radio

Direct link to the YouTube live version of this song. A softer version is available at eMusic . Lyrics: Mr. Larkin I work in the kitchen At...

Amputee soldiers return to active duty

The Quaker Agitator notes the changing military policy on injured soldiers. From the Yahoo story : Previously, a soldier who lost a limb al...

Why the disabled do Taliban's deadly work

Globe and Mail article here . Excerpt: His disability didn't come as a surprise. As the insurgency in Afghanistan gathers urgency, the ...

Ron Kovic on war

This is a video of activist Ron Kovic by MoveOn.Org speaking about war, the disability it causes and the cost to Americans. Thanks to Trini...

Montes de Oca

I had several fantastic social studies and history teachers when I was in high school in suburban Chicago, and one of them arranged a fieldt...

Holocaust memorial day

Today is the 62nd anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp of WWII and an international day of remembrance of the Holocaus...

On occupation

I've been putting off writing about this for many weeks now because I wanted to express the connections between disability and war and o...

International Day of Disabled 2006

December 3 -- today -- is the International Day for Disabled Persons as declared by the United Nations some years ago. At the very least, th...

Saturday Slumgullion #19

On Native Americans, indigenous peoples and the blogging of others on Thanksgiving and related things: Deconstructing the myths of the first...

Thanksgiving tradition as seen through Indian eyes

TiyospayesNow writes in "Thanksgiving, Hope and the Hidden Heart of Evil" : When the Pilgrims came to Plymouth Rock, they were poo...

Going Native: Thanksgiving Day

During grad school I read Oglala Sioux Russell Means' autobiography Where White Men Fear to Tread as part of a three-student special co...

Going Native: Native women, their rights and violence

A mini-slumgullion of links today on the topic of Native American women's rights and domestic violence: TiyospayeNow: Fire Thunder Impea...

Going Native: Disabled veterans

Native Americans have a long and impressive history of serving in the U.S. military. General George Washington noted their service long befo...