As I watched the trauma unfold in Ukraine over the last 60 plus days, I spent hours researching NGOs to determine where to best send financial assistance to the Ukrainian people (almost 4 million at last count) who fled to…
I have previously highlighted the courage and commitment of several doctors because those who help heal the sick are worthy ofspecial gratitude. I first learned of Paul Farmer's dedication and unbelievable energy when reading a biography about him by one…
The Walter Payton Award is a very special tribute each year to the gentle giants in the NFL who give back to their communities. Andrew Whitworth was the 2022 recipient of the award and his acceptance speech is just about…
There were many heroes who risked their lives and in some cases lost their lives during the zenith of the civil rights movement between 1954 and 1968 (from Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 until MLK's assassination in Memphis…
While I was on vacation in Montana, our good friend Father Joe passed. What a remarkable servant of God he was. I first met Father Joe in 1985 and several years later was honored to represent him in a lawsuit…
This is the second of a two-part series on the abuses of the PRC in China. Last month discussed the crushing of dissent in Hong Kong by arrests, imprisonment, the shutting of independent newspapers, the purging of libraries and the…
As the imprisonment of gentle and courageous people in Hong Kong continues unabated by the thugs who run The People's Republic of China, it is time to honor the multitude of courageous people who engage in non-violent protest and condemn…
Today, as I write this tribute to Dr. Milan Brandon, it has been exactly 60 years since I first went to his office on Fourth Avenue in an old Victorian house that still stands. I was 11 years old and…
My hero of the month is Shon Boney. The Boney family were very good friends of my family dating back to the late 1930s when my dad Earl Roberts first met Henry Boney (Shon's granddad). My dad lived in La…
When I first met Render Crayton, the man who was to become my friend, in Sun Valley, Idaho in the 1990s, I was struck by something that set him apart from my other neighbors and friends: a rare combination of…