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Each day since the April 24 collapse of the building in Bangladesh that housed five garment factories, the death toll has risen. As of this writing, it is over 1100 and may still go up. In one sense, most of us feel far removed from this tragedy, but the work of the people in that […]

Trauma Triggers Feeling of Regret In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing and the West, Texas, explosion at a fertilizer production facility, Sunday Morning on CBS aired a story about the heightened awareness that none of us is assured of tomorrow, and the regret for unsaid words and undone deeds that often accompanies unexpected […]

Homeless Man’s Selfless Deed Rewarded Two months ago, a homeless man sitting on a sidewalk with his bicycle saw a bit of bling in his change cup. Curious, the 55-year-old, who had been panhandling “for the better part of a decade,” asked a local jeweler about the custom-made engagement ring. The jeweler offered him $4,000 […]