Thanks for this thread, WC.

My dad has always been my hero. Dirt-poor boy from West Texas. Dad died when he was a kid in an oil rig fire. Put himself through medical school and made it super duper big in his field. Could have been a senator, the old kind of senator. Back when they were mostly greatly respected, because they mostly did the right thing. Beyond ethical. Risked his job when he was a wee resident because the first female resident in the program he was in was being discriminated against on the basis of her sex. Wound up in the newspaper. Later, stood up to a much coveted club that was discriminating against Jewish people. He stands up for other human beings. My hero.