Wherein One Friend of Unfair Park Lists All the Things for Which He's Thankful

Attorney William O. Holston Jr.'s a good Friend of Unfair Park and a very good guy who does considerable pro bono work representing political and religious asylum applicants to this country, much of it through the Human Rights Initiative. I bring it up this morning because Brother Bill has contributed...

By Robert Wilonsky

November 24, 2009

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Attorney William O. Holston Jr.'s a good Friend of Unfair Park and a very good guy who does considerable pro bono work representing political and religious asylum applicants to this country, much of it through the Human Rights Initiative. I bring it up this morning because Brother Bill has contributed an essay to KERA-FM this morning titled, simply, "Gratitude," in which he references his work with refugees and how it has "enabled me to express gratitude for things that I used to take for granted." Such as? Here you go. Thanks, Bill.

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