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Michael Sandel’s The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in an the Age of Genetic Engineering is thoughtful, well-written, and, despite Sandel’s academic credentials, accessible to any reader. It is also very short (128 very small pages), and thus it is a great place to start if you are interested in learning some of the basic ethical…

“Don’t grab!” We hear those words a lot. It might be Peter or me admonishing one of our children. Or, just as likely, Penny reprimanding her brother. Despite the frequency of the command, grabbing is a part of the daily routine. Penny grabs a toy from William. William grabs my phone. Penny grabs the water…

I have a new post at her.meneutics about the spiritual significance of Williams Syndrome. It is called “The Anti-Racist, Anti-Fear Gene.” Incidentally, the title is somewhat misleading as Williams Syndrome involves the absence of certain genes, but that’s somewhat beside the point. The post begins: Over the past month, NPR has addressed various aspects of…

I have a new post at BLOOM: Parenting Children with Disabilities. I’m printing it here in full, although I also encourage you to click over to BLOOM when you’re done reading and scroll through the content there. Anyway, here’s the post, which should make sense of the photo, taken when Penny was in the Emergency…
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