What is a hero?

An article in the July/August 2003 issue of the Pennsylvania State University alumni magazine recounts the story of Norina Bentzel — a modern day hero. In January 2001, while principal of an elementary school, she confronted a stranger who appeared at her school...

Scars

Patients in the emergency room often expressed concern that their wounds would leave scars, lingering evidence of their physical injury. As I closed their open wounds, patients often said to me, "Please do not leave a scar" — an impossible assignment...