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Doing the Right Thing Means Ignoring Detraction

Students at the Wilcox County High School in Georgia are organizing to end the practice of segregated proms at their school district. The Governor of Georgia, Nathan Deal, dismissed their efforts: This...

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Doing the Right Thing Means Ignoring Detraction, Cont.

In an earlier post, I asserted that doing the right thing usually requires ignoring detractors. Well, in many cases, it requires even bolder defiance, as was the case for the first racially integrated...

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One-Handed Basketball Player Inspires Others

Just a bit of weekend inspiration for you: Fox 8 Cleveland reports on a couple physically challenged teenagers who not only succeed at sports but use their success to inspire others. Zach Hodskins was...

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Formerly Paralyzed Man Attempts Ironman Triathlon

  Englishman Paul Stewart is completing an Ironman Triathlon on an extended timeline–what he calls the IronSpine Challenge–after being told he would never walk again. Stewart was paralyzed in a 2008...

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