Wishing for Kryptonite: A response to Christopher Reeve's pursuit of cure
Shortly after Christopher Reeve was paralyzed in a horseback riding accident in 1995, he vowed he would walk again before he was 50 years old. Such vows are hardly unusual after a traumatic injury. To make the same claim -- and to devote all one's time, effort, and money to such a vow -- seven years later is decidedly so.