by Katie Wright | Aug 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
In 1927, a young woman named Carrie Buck lived at a place called “the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded.” Carrie was 17 years old and had been born with a disability that led the superintendent of the “Colony,” Dr. Albert Sidney Priddy, to...
by Katie Wright | Aug 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Denver Post published an interesting article this week outlining the results of a poll on the causes of poverty. In the poll, respondents were essentially asked, If a person is poor, which is more likely to blame: lack of effort on their own part, or difficult...
by Katie Wright | Feb 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
Can I tell you something? The brittle winter branches shake in a slight breeze, and I watch them from the warmth of my apartment. I am not living the life I planned to live. I am not living the life I planned when I was 12 and determined to be a large animal...
by Katie Wright | Dec 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
I wanted to write this column a few months ago, when a Facebook post by now-President-elect Donald Trump caught my eye. The Facebook post was about a Trump headquarters location that had been burned by arsonists. The photo was terrible and the alleged crime itself was...
by Katie Wright | Nov 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
When I was younger, I was politically involved and enjoyed working on local campaigns and writing the occasional opinion column on issues that were (and are still) very important to me. At that time, I had this idea that people who disagreed with me ideologically were...
by Katie Wright | Oct 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Fall is in the air, and for me the fresh breeze and falling leaves have always brought with them a sense of the past, of good memories, of old times and places. The smells of fall – ripe apples on the trees, bonfires, dried leaves – bring back wonderful memories for...
