Far From Being Obsolete, Braille Is Essential

by Tracy Conly    (Tracy Conly is a longtime friend from our days at the Ohio State School for the Blind, a great Braille reader and advocate for the blind. This is her reaction to our March 15 story “A New Tool In The Fight For Braille Literacy.”)    “Braille changes lives. It gives thousands …

Playing Musical Instrument Good For The Brain

by Kevin Burton    I’m still hanging on to a notion, planted by a Steely Dan song.    If you know some of that Steely Dan imagery, that sounds kind of dangerous. Let me explain.    I love Steely Dan and I love “Deacon Blues.” I have judged the United States as a nation because …