Anti-Women, Anti-Information: Indiana abortion bill advances.

A few weeks ago I wrote about an anti-choice bill in Indiana that was designed to drive a wedge between disability rights and reproductive rights activists. I argued: As we head into the 2015 legislative session, we need to be prepared for anti-choice filed a bill last week to prohibit abortions based on fetal determinations … Continue ReadingAnti-Women, Anti-Information: Indiana abortion bill advances.

Internet Communities and Special Needs Parenting

OPINIÓN: No debemos temerle al síndrome de Down http://t.co/3YRfPluotm pic.twitter.com/zKsFTjcSgO — CNN en Español (@CNNEE) February 19, 2015 I have a new piece up at CNN (here’s the English language version. I’ve just never, to my knowledge, been translated before, so sharing this!). I try to make some big points, but at the core there’s … Continue ReadingInternet Communities and Special Needs Parenting

Lavall Hall – The Cult of Compliance Claims a New Victim

It started, as it so often does, with a family member calling 911 for help for a loved one in mental health crisis. Lavall Hall was outside, in Miami Gardens, when police arrived. He had a broomstick. Miami Gardens police officers Peter Ehrlich and Eddo Trimino fired their Tasers at Lavall Hall after he struck them … Continue ReadingLavall Hall – The Cult of Compliance Claims a New Victim

The Jews and the Crusades (New York Times): We are not perfect.

There’s a new piece in the New York Times, by Susan Jacoby, on the Jewish victims of the Crusades. It notes that a lot of the debate in public spaces has focused on Christians versus Muslims, but not the slaughter of Jews in the Rhineland in the 1090s and, more broadly, Crusade-related persecutions elsewhere. That’s … Continue ReadingThe Jews and the Crusades (New York Times): We are not perfect.

Justified? – One death in which officers try to do everything right.

This appears to be Grade-A policing…restraint/stabilization until action/force is unavoidable. http://t.co/DxlzDLo1bw @Lollardfish ^lh — The Virtus Group (@TheVirtusGroup) February 7, 2015 I write a lot about bad killings and ugly use-of-force incidents. I then get asked, “well what should the cops have done?” which is a fair question. One of the people I rely on … Continue ReadingJustified? – One death in which officers try to do everything right.