I recently read an article about the most creative ways people have cheated on tests. They ranged from the utterly amazing, like this: “In Spanish class we hid an actual exchange student from Mexico in the supply closet, gave her a copy of the test, and she whispered the answers to the people sitting in…
“Give me a word, any word, and I show you how the root of that word is Greek.” That’s Gus Portokalos, the fiercely proud Greek father in the film “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” as he tries to prove to his daughter that all things lead back to Greece. “Ok Mr. Portokalos,” one of the…
By Chris Salcedo and Mary Ramirez, for TheBlaze I had just finished writing down a thought in a little notebook I carry with me everywhere: “What’s really at stake,” I wrote, thinking about the very real possibility of a Hillary Clinton presidency. As I sat thinking about this for my weekly contribution to The Chris…
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My phone buzzed as I sat listening to a Mariachi group at my mother in law’s birthday party. I looked down to a text from my sister, asking if I had heart about the attacks unfolding back home in the States. As I learned of the mall stabbing spree in Minnesota, and the bombs in…
My daughter has hit that phase. Parents, you know the one—where screams and sippee cups launched across the room have replaced your sweet baby who once just stared up at you and cooed from the bassinet. It’s testing time. She’s trying to figure out just exactly where her limits are—and just how far she can…
When I was about 6 years old, I remember talking to my friend about how much I like The Muppets. She turned her nose up in disgust, “Ew. I hate those stupid things,” she said. I felt like I had just been slapped. “WHAT?” I thought, “But I like The Muppets!” Silly, I know—but it…
If you’ve read my work for any length of time, you know by now how much I love movies (see here, here and here), and how much they tend to make their way into my illustrations. So, unsurprisingly, I want you to think about another scene from yet another movie. It’s “Hook,” where the late,…
“Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things… and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” That’s Walt Disney—and that’s also the quote Glenn Beck uses in his email signature line. That thought reverberated through his broadcast Wednesday morning as he…
There’s a little blue house that catches my eye every time I visit my grandparents. It’s not unique; it’s not so different than any other middle class home. There’s nothing about it that stands out—except for where it sits: smack dab in the middle of two large student housing buildings. It’s kind of comical—there it…
A Future Free 