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...state’s capital. The students were undocumented immigrants. They have less political power than almost any other group in America. They cannot vote. Their parents cannot vote. Most of them don’t even have neighbors or relatives who can vote. In attempting to assert their right to higher education, the students were risking harassment or even deportation. But they came to Santa Fe to tell the state’s legislators their stories and to ask for a chance to earn a college education...
...result of this disrespect is the devaluation of lives of people like Terri Schiavo. In the Schiavo case and others like it, non-disabled decision makers assert that the disabled person should die because he or she—ordinarily a person who had little or no experience with disability before acquiring one—“would not want to live like this.” In the Schiavo case, the family is forced to argue that Terri should be kept alive because she might “get better”—that is, might...
...famous primarily for being notorious. Jackson is not the only celebrity who has been hypnotized by the limelight, who pampered his quirks instead of developing his work, who remained addicted to the high life long after the big money ebbed. (Prosecutors, angling for access to his financial statements, assert that he is near bankruptcy.) But it can be said that Jackson has pursued his dreams--like creating his own theme park and inviting lots of kids to come play there with him--to nightmare extremes...
...never fully learn how to be themselves. "There are issues of independence and individuality, and the idea that you're seen by other people as one person," she explains. "You feel like people aren't really seeing all of you." As Evans' fictional twins grow up, their struggle to assert themselves becomes starkly apparent. Bessi finds work in the music industry, while Georgia retreats into depression and her history studies, increasingly unable to handle daily life. Evans graphically charts Georgia's descent into an emotional paralysis that makes simply buying a carton of milk an immense effort...
Rubin’s joke took a stab at Summers’ overactive sense of pride, in other words, making fun of his tendency to assert intellectual dominance over his superiors...