Here’s an inspiring story
It’s inspiring at two levels: modern science and human decency.
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If you’re in the Bay Area, you can give yourself a holiday treat
We went on Saturday to the Christmas concert given by the Grammy award winning San Francisco Boys Chorus. It was an auditory delight. The SFBC doesn’t pretend to any PC Christmas white out, but instead, inundates you with truly beautiful Christmas and Christmas music. This year’s program included Oh Holy
Continue readingNPR picks up inspiring story
Rather surprisingly, NPR picked up and did a nice job with the story of Bill Krissoff, the 60 year old man who enlisted in the Navy’s medical corp to honor his son, First Lt. Nathan Krissoff of Reno, Nev., who was killed in Iraq last year.
Continue readingDeeply, truly, awesomely good people
I heard it from the Paragraph Farmer, who heard it from the PalmTree Pundit, who read this incredible story of sacrifice, nobility and generosity at CDR Salamander. It’s not going to be a big story nationwide, of course, because it’s not about being a victim, it’s about being a hero.
Continue readingEcumenicalism where it counts
Americans like to talk about ecumenicalism, which is an idea that concerns itself with “establishing or promoting unity among churches or religions.” We in America have proven to be very good at it, so much so that we think nothing of little news stories about the rabbi giving a talk
Continue readingAwe inspiring at so many levels
It’s inspiring because of the human spirit, because of compassion, because of bravery, and because of the reaches of modern surgery. Watch it and be impressed.
Continue readingHow little we know
As you may recall, I thought it was a mistake to stave and dehydrate Terri Schiavo to death. We know so little about the human brain and, as long as her parents were cheerfully willing to care for her, I thought it was out and out murder to bar them
Continue readingA rose amongst the ashes
I don’t know about you, but it’s easy to read a whole bunch of quite uplifting symbolism into this story: An 800-year-old, gold-plated crucifix that went missing after being seized by the Nazis has been found in a rubbish skip in Austria, police said. The crucifix, made of copper and
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Another, more personal side to Holocaust Remembrance
[I haven’t had the chance to think this busy weekend, let alone blog. For some reason, though, I can’t get out of my head the WWII stories of a few people I met, long after the war, when they were old and gray. I’m therefore resurrecting this post because I
Continue readingMurderball
We watched a humdinger of a movie yesterday, one you might already know about because it’s been out for a while, and received a lot of well-deserved acclaim. It’s a documentary called Murderball, which focuses on the lives of the United States Paralympic Rugby team. These wheel chair bound rugby
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The West has developed a sophisticated capacity to destroy but, unlike any culture I can think of, it’s also developed a staggering ability to create, save and nurture: A premature baby that doctors say spent less time in the womb than any other surviving infant is to be released from
Continue readingDead by morning — not
Here’s a story that will cheer you up tremendously, if you need cheering, and that will make you feel even more cheerful if you started off in a good mood.
Continue readingMore on our troops
More news about the troops Kerry and Rangel casually insult. Again and again we learn that the same people Kerry and Rangel, safe in their offices, think are lazy slackers are, in fact, the best type of people: Private First Class Ross A. McGinnis packed only 136 pounds into his
Continue readingPetty Officer 2nd Class Michael Monsoor
As you may recall, Michael Monsoor fell on a grenade to save his comrades. It turns out that Michael Fumento, during a previous visit to Iraq, spent time with Monsoor’s unit. He has pictures of Monsoor, and some video footage, which he shares here.
Continue readingDoing the right thing
Despite the fact that more than 60 years have past since the end of the Nazi’s deranged regime, stories about survival and decency still crop up. Here’s one that came through my email: Here is an unknown story that I believe will be of interest and that you might like
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