Archive for September, 2016

Watching the presidential debates with Jane Goodall

September 25, 20168 CommentsPosted in blindness, Mike Knezovich, politics, public speaking, Uncategorized

Journalist James Fallows has a piece in the current issue of Atlantic Monthly suggesting that Americans watch tomorrow’s presidential debate with the sound off. Ah, that I could! In his article, Fallows argues that the things that really matter in political debates these days are all visual. He predicts that the upcoming presidential debates will […]

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Mark your calendars: Beth Finke is going Speechless for an entire half-hour tonight

September 21, 201610 CommentsPosted in blindness, Mondays with Mike, parenting a child with special needs, Uncategorized

A new TV Comedy about a family with a son who has special needs hired a young actor with a disability to play the part. Speechless premieres on ABC tonight at 7:30 central time, and I’ll be watching. Okay, listening. You might remember my negative review of a TV comedy that debuted in 2014 about […]

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