If the moral a young reader picks up from a book

is that disabled people are a "burden" until and unless they manage to successfully "overcome" that disability, then no, I don't need to actually find the title of the book to assert that it sounds ableist as hell.

And if that same reader, now an adult, wants to find that book in order to introduce her son to the idea of overcoming disability, I feel like it needs to be said. Read some other book!

Rare Israeli ruling against practice of demolishing homes of Palestinians accused of violence

This ruling seems pretty self-evident to me.

But the ruling against “punitive demolition” sparked outrage among conservative Israeli politicians at a time when control of judicial appointments is at the heart of frictions within Israel’s fractious coalition government. Protesters gathered Saturday outside the Tel Aviv home of Supreme Court President Ester Hayut to condemn “judicial dictatorship.”

Naturally.

You know, in a way I'm almost relieved to read this paragraph and realize that this particular flavor of bullshit is not wholly limited to the American right wing.

“Demolishing the house is not a punishment according to the law. It’s an act of deterrence,” said Eran Ben-Ari, legal adviser of a right-wing advocacy group for settlers and victims of terrorist attacks. “Both soldiers and citizens could be killed in the next terrorist activity that won’t be deterred because of this verdict.”

If it hasn't worked for the past however-many years you've been doing this, maybe it's time to try something new. I'm just saying.

Loks like the entire Amberlough Dossier trilogy is on sale

$3 for the whole set on Kindle.