In Part IV of my memoir “Breaking Barriers: Working and Loving While Blind,” I describe how I moved from an urban bachelor lifestyle in Washington, DC, to a “married-man-with-three-stepkids” life in Columbia, Missouri. On a late Sunday morning in mid-December, 2005, I told my soon-to-be-wife, Lisa, about my involvement with Christmas music as we sat together on a threadbare couch in my DC studio apartment. To quote from the book:
“And every year since 1984, I have written three funky…..
The right-wing echo chamber’s apparent bewilderment about why Republicans fared so poorly among women and people of color during last month’s elections has amused, irritated, and puzzled me, depending on my mood. I just can’t believe that conservative leaders don’t understand how Governor Romney’s “binder full of women” comment and their over-the-top statements about rape might awaken echoes among women of how men have objectified and talked down to them. Or how last-minute voting restrictions designed to reduce fraud might…..