New Orleans: Dr. Paul Farmer is a rarity. He’s a hero in his own time and a tireless advocate for better public health for all. He actually walks the walk and has proven that he will go the full distance through his work first in the impoverished area of central Haiti and now near the …
Month: August 2005
See What I Mean?
Dallas: This all seems like “I’ll scratch yours, if you scratch mine,” I realize, but the definition of serendipity is nothing more than a happy coincidence, and sure enough, no sooner had I written about Hugh Jackson and his Las Vegas Gleaner , than I get a note from him that he has responded to a local …
Behind The Scenes
New Orleans: It is almost an iron law in our work that there is virtually no “spontaneous” action. There is almost always an organizer somewhere. Or, at least someone is doing the job. Proof of this proposition propped up in the dry, oven heat of Crawford, Texas on President Bush’s ranch. In an article in the …