I was watching a movie the other day. “Anna and the King,” to be exact—and this time one scene stood out. It’s when Mr. Kincaid (a smarmy British businessman) comes to the palace to stop Siam from going to war with British Burma over unprovoked attacks: “As you know, I do a lot of business…
Content: Glenn Beck Radio Program 1/18/2016 Sources: Beck Apologizes for Tweet, But Stands by Belief on Trump’s Voting Record” Original Footnotes: Donald Trump’s Campaign Contributions 2008 Exit Polls Bush Says Trump Was a Democrat Longer Than a Republican Trump on Obama in 2009: “I Think He’s Doing a Really Good Job…He’s Totally a Champion” Trump…
By now many of you have probably heard me tell the story of how my next-door neighbor, Israel Vallarta, turned out to be a kingpin in Los Zodiaco, a kidnapping-for-ransom ring in Mexico. One of the many things we all learned was that Vallarta had a young girlfriend in addition to the woman he lived…
My father told me the story of a young student facing an assignment in class. The task? Write an essay answering the following question: “What is courage?” The young man completed the assignment … with just two words. “This is.” And that was it. Sometimes the most powerful statements are those that use the fewest…
I LOVE New Year’s Eve. There’s technically nothing magically different about it, except it means there’s a whole new year starting the next day. And there’s just something about a fresh start in a brand new year. So what am I doing? Stay tuned as we head in 2016… and keep following 🙂
(Photo by Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images) “Tim Wolfe must acknowledge his white male privilege, recognize that systems of oppression exist, and provide a verbal commitment to fulfilling Concerned Student 1-9-5-0 demands.” That topped the list of demands levied by University of Missouri students against what they claimed was a lack of willingness on the university’s…
What will it take to conjure up a serious, un-forced reaction from this president? Or perhaps more realistically, what will it take for people to realize that this president’s lethargic responses time and again, just might MEAN something?
They say it’ll give you chills. Usher’s recent unorthodox performance of his new song “Chains”—during which he appeared on stage in handcuffs—was meant to shock. It was supposed to shed light on police brutality, largely against the African American community. His music video (complete with interactive facial recognition that stops the video when you look…
I grew up thinking it was a no-brainer. No qualifier, no asterisk, no nothing. A human is a human is a human. But last Tuesday, as I watched presidential candidates asked to actually choose between “Black Lives Matter” and “All Lives Matter,” I realized that it’s not that simple anymore. To an increasing number of…
I’ll tell you all what’s a great deal of fun. Diaper blowouts before I’ve even finished my morning coffee. You know what’s even more fun? Diaper blowouts before I’ve even finished my morning coffee, AND an email from my editor letting me know that a disclaimer was added to my piece on TheBlaze, because it…
A Future Free 