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Last weekend, we watched the latest Netflix DVD.com arrival, Gleason. This documentary, about retired New Orleans Saints defensive back, Steve Gleason, is a love letter to his son, and so much more. It’s a story of courage, hope, and grit. Diagnosed with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) in 2011, Gleason began a video diary for his then unborn child, and…

You might be an activist who has been speaking up about issues you feel strongly about. You want to be heard. Or, you might not think of yourself as an activist, and you might be only posting on Facebook, but you want to persuade others to think as you do, or at least, to understand your position.…

The other night, I watched a DVD called Hail Caesar, which I had mistakenly placed in my Netflix DVD.com queue, instead of the 2016 version starring Josh Brolin and George Clooney. I decided to watch the 1994 version anyway, which is about a young man trying to win his sweetheart’s hand through a challenge waged by her father. The movie wasn’t…

Registered patent attorney Jonathan D’Silva moved to northwestern Pennsylvania in 2005, and he has no plans to leave anytime soon. In fact, he just began a new business venture there, and that’s also where you’ll find his two largest clients. The nature of his business, however, has no geographic boundaries. Born in Kuwait, Jonathan attended…

Here are seven bits of inspiration from the documentary, Martha of Lattimore, about Martha Mason, paralyzed by polio, who lived in an iron lung for more than six decades. Why am I sharing this list with you? I recently saw a post on Facebook about the iron lung, a massive mechanism invented to breathe for people who had become…

Not long ago, I acquired a used book about Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan, at a library sale. Reading it, I was greatly impressed with all that Helen Keller accomplished in her lifetime, even while existing in what we think would have been a dark, silent world. Helen Keller was able to fill…

Most of us think of Presidents’ Day as a day off of work or a day that you check your mailbox and the mail hasn’t come. Here are some other facts about this national holiday that you might not have known and links to interesting articles about each. 1. Presidents’ Day is celebrated on the third…