Subtitle: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle. By Chris Hedges. Very prescient book. Written in 2009, and it applies today. We are distracted by spectacle as our politicians and businesses do us in.

Should marijunia prevent Social Security disability?

Should alcoholism prevent Social Security disability?

Baby, It's Cold Outside is about rape and should be banned?

Should driving a motorcycle hurt your Social Security disability case? Not for me to say, but it does hurt a case.

What do pets have to do with Social Security disability? Why do so many judges ask about pets during hearings?

6 toddlers escaped a Winston-Salem daycare and were found wandering near Peters Creek Parkway. What's the potential liability here?

Not your racist xenophobe's voter fraud? This is the home grown kind, and it involves messing with absentee ballots.

Just because a Social Security disability hearing is lost, it doesn't mean the case will ultimately be lost. Appeals can be won.

Sometimes persistence wins Social Security disability cases.