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Sports Organizations are out of Hand

September 12, 2017 By Bob Branco

Sports Organizations are Out of Hand By Bob Branco   We live in a society which allowed sports corporations to give away so much money to their employees that it's the employees who call the shots.  It seems that when a sports team loses too many games or if players on the [ Continue to post page ]

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Panhandling

September 8, 2017 By Bob Branco

Panhandling By Bob Branco   In the city where I live, there are lots of panhandlers who stand on street corners, in parking lots and on highway exit ramps. Some even bring their chairs and bask in the sun while soliciting money from the general public. They do this in order [ Continue to post page ]

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Coping Rooms on College Campuses

September 5, 2017 By Bob Branco

Coping Rooms on College Campuses by Bob Branco   I can’t believe what’s happening on some college campuses today. If you are a student, and you can’t cope with the fact that Donald Trump is now the president of the United States, you now have access to a designated coping [ Continue to post page ]

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Instant Replay in Major League Baseball

September 1, 2017 By Bob Branco

  Instant Replay in Major League Baseball By Bob Branco   I think that instant replay is necessary in sports. It’s always important to double-check a play in case of human error. While other sports adopted and adjusted to instant replay, it took a long time for [ Continue to post page ]

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The Blind and the Media

August 29, 2017 By Bob Branco

  The Blind and the Media By Bob Branco   Have you ever spoken to the news media about an accomplishment that you've made?  If so, did it seem as though the reporter put too much of a spin on what you did, especially if you are blind?  In other words, though your [ Continue to post page ]

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The Unemployment Rate is Deceiving

August 25, 2017 By Bob Branco

  The Unemployment Rate is Deceiving By Bob Branco   Why are we expected to believe the unemployment rate? It is fictitious! When the statistic is taken, it does not include people out of work who no longer receive unemployment benefits. Yet we are supposed to believe [ Continue to post page ]

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The Limitations of Computers

August 22, 2017 By Bob Branco

The Limitations of Computers By Bob Branco   The computer is a fascinating tool.  I think most of us would agree that it makes life much easier.  Without my computer, it would be much more difficult for me to publish my own magazine and do other practical things. As great as [ Continue to post page ]

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Should the Blind Own Guns

August 18, 2017 By Bob Branco

Should the Blind Own Guns? by Bob Branco (Originally published in Matilda Ziegler Magazine, 2013)   Should a blind person own a gun? This question has been getting a lot of attention since the state of Iowa decided to consider giving its blind residents gun [ Continue to post page ]

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The Unemployment Rate of the Blind from a Technological Perspective

August 15, 2017 By Bob Branco

The Unemployment Rate of the Blind from a Technological Perspective By Bob Branco   When I joined the National Federation of the Blind in 1981, I found out that the unemployment rate of the blind was seventy percent. To me, the reason was obvious. There was a lot of [ Continue to post page ]

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The Evolution of Schools for the Blind

August 11, 2017 By Bob Branco

  The Evolution of Schools for the Blind By Bob Branco   With rare exception, the student population which attended such schools years ago had blindness as their only disability. I was one of those students. We were trained how to shop, cook, clean, travel, play [ Continue to post page ]

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Podcast Broadcast Info

In Perspective will be heard on ACB Radio on Thursday evenings from 10:00 to 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and will repeat every three hours throughout the night and also Friday evenings from 10:00 to 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and will repeat every three hours throughout the night. ACB Radio is an affiliation of the American Council of the Blind.

In Perspective is aired on C Joy Internet Radio, at www.cjoyinternetradio.com (under C JOY 2) on Tuesday mornings at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time and on the Massachusetts Radio Reading Service through the Talking Information Center (TIC), Saturday evenings at 10:00 p.m. Eastern time as well as Out-of-Sight Radio every Sunday at 5:30 p.m. Eastern time.

Radio Perkins, the campus radio station at Perkins School for the Blind, will air In Perspective, every Sunday evening at 9:30 pm Eastern time. You can find Radio Perkins at www.radioperkins.org.

Sports Round Table Podcast

My podcast, Sports Round Table, is aired on C Joy Internet Radio, at www.cjoyinternetradio.com (under C JOY 2) on Tuesday mornings at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time and on the Massachusetts Radio Reading Service on Wednesdays at 11:00 p.m. Eastern time as well as on Out-of-Sight Radio every Saturday at 1:00 Eastern time.

Bob Hachey, Allen Hensel, Tom Dalley and Lin Gagnon talk with me for one hour a week about the hot sports topics that week. If you can’t hear the show when it’s on, it will be archived. Follow this link to visit the Sports Round Table Archive. If you have trouble navigating the page, John Shea of the Radio Reading Service is willing to listen to any suggestions on how to improve the page, especially for those of you with screen readers.

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