Month: February 2017

Played for Laughs

After reading a positive review, I watched the first two episodes of Patriot, a new web series streaming on Amazon about a reluctant American spy. I was sort of enjoying it until I was struck by how many “humorous” references the program made to disability. Apparently...

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A Classmate’s Death

Forced into this life on February 13, 1949. Left on purpose on August 22, 2013. --Obituary in the New York Times Reading the New York Times this morning I came across a review of a documentary, Left on Purpose, about Mayer Vishner, a former Yippie who committed...

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