Disconnect and reconnect: Where to find a digital detox to promote togetherness

Disconnect and reconnect: Where to find a digital detox to promote togetherness

In Mark Twain’s travelogue ”The Innocents Abroad,” he writes that “broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things can not be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” If only he could see us now…because vegetate we do, in front of soul-dulling screens. It seems self-evident that we are, … Read more

How a deaf football team silenced their on-field rivals during undefeated season: ‘Inescapable togetherness’

How a deaf football team silenced their on-field rivals during undefeated season: ‘Inescapable togetherness’

When a fundraising email from the California Department of Education arrived in reporter Thomas Fuller’s inbox in November 2021, informing him of the unbeaten season that a local school football team were having, he thought little of it — until he realized it was the Cubs, the team from the California School for the Deaf (CSDR) … Read more