By James Riordan As a hospice chaplain with Allegheny Health Network, Wray Fanton has spent most of his life helping people deal with traumatic situations and, as such, is a very relevant interview subject for our Men of Value series. I asked him how his values have affected his life,

I lived in Malibu for seven years from 1978 to 1985. With its eclectic population ranging from the super wealthy and the mega famous to simple people who just love the land and wannabes who squeeze out a living just to be there, it is a unique place. Most of

Never underestimate the power of a Christmas carol, especially when the song is “White Christmas”. Armed with a rifle, a suspect held off a swat team for ten hours in East Vincent, Pennsylvania but agreed to give up after an officer sang the song to him. The suspect, Nathaniel Lewis,

Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege is known as “Doctor Miracle” for his ability to repair through reconstructive surgery the horrific damage inflicted on women who have been raped, received the Nobel Prize.  Denis Mukwege, nicknamed “Dr. Miracle” for his specialized procedures, was co-recipient for the annual honor alongside Nadia Murad, a Yazidi

Every time there’s a new hurricane or earthquake, someone starts quoting the Book of Revelation. Or how about that commercial where actor Dennis Haysbert sits in an open field and questions why there have been 26 “once in 500 years storms” in the last decade, when the name implies they

Hundreds of radical Islamists protested in Pakistan Thursday and Friday against the release of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who was just acquitted after eight years on death row for blasphemy.  In June 2009 the Pakistani mother of five was out picking fruit in the fields. At midday she went to

I lived in Southern California from 1978 to 1991,  For seven years, I lived in beautiful Malibu which has virtually been destroyed by the Woolsley fire.  One of my very best friends lost his house in one of the canyons.  He had lived there 42 years.  Over the years, I

This past week when a gunman entered a California music bar and started firing, people in the club hid, smashed windows to escape and ran out of back doors. They were not paralyzed by fear as been the case in many mass shootings.  What is perhaps even more terrifying is

More than 30 million Americans have cast early ballots ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections, eclipsing the 2014 early totals nationally and suggesting a high overall turnout for contests that could define the final two years of President Donald Trump’s term. At least 28 states have surpassed their 2014 early votes. And