Two selfless bits for Friday

1. Dooce goes public again with the story of her mental health battles, largely with the hope that it might help others get past their pride/shame/barriers and get the medical care that they need. A touching story, and the dense comments thread shows how many still need the reminder.
   
   
2. A group of Jews gets beat up for wishing some strangers on the subway a Happy Hannukah, and one of the few standing up for them is a Muslim student who just happened to be nearby. In this era, if any, it's particularly heartening to see caring human responses to fellow humans, of the sort that don't worry about who's wearing what hat.
   (via dailyKos)