Local Heroes

As Christmas approaches, here’s a chapter from my Spartan Life book about Robin and Betsy Miner-Swartz. I first wrote about them in 2010. They will continue this compassionate tradition again this year.  Enjoy! Betsy and Robin are refugees from old media, escaping from the ever compressing newspaper industry and totally…

Hope

By Scott Westerman “The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started.” – Norman Cousins The holiday parties I’m attending this year seem to have a common theme. Fear, uncertainty and doubt pervade.…

Tolerance

By Scott Westerman “A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.” – Gandhi The last pre-game event I visited during the 2010 regular football season was Sparty’s Middle Eastern Tailgate.  It was a co-production of the MSU Jewish Student Union and the MSU Arab…