I like Robert Reich. Don't agree with a whole lot of his politics or economics, but he's a decent, likeable guy, with a healthy sense of humor. And he's running for governor right now, here in Massachusetts.

Reich is being criticized by advocates for ‘short people’, for making fun of his height.

What makes Reich's transgression even more politically incorrect is that he falls 1/2 an inch 'short' of officially qualifying as a dwarf himself.

Little People of America (LPA) claims that because Reich is 4'10 1/2" tall, he technically doesn't meet the definition of dwarfism: an adult height of 4'10" or less as the result of a genetic or medical condition. Reich has something called Fairbanks syndrome, which gives him the requisite medical condition; but he's a half-inch too tall for membership in LPA.