Comedian Jeff Foxworthy’s signature “You Might Be a Redneck” routine was running through my head these last few days as I thought about Venezuela and socialism. No really, I promise there’s a connection. His classic routine goes through the tell-tale signs of redneck-ness: “If you have a complete set of salad bowls and they all…
I was an A student back home (well, unless we’re talking about math… but that’s another story). But there I was, sitting in a class at Universidad del Valle de Atemajac in Guadalajara, feeling about as dumb as a box of rocks. Sure, I “spoke” Spanish, but I had only been there a week and…
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…
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?
If you’re regular listeners to The Chris Salcedo Show on TheBlaze, you’ve probably heard by now that the Ramirez family is soon to grow by one. Here’s an interesting concept: How ironic is it that the people who claim that little Baby Ramirez isn’t a life (just because s/he is hanging out this side of…
If Hobby Lobby doesn’t have to go against its convictions, neither should anyone else. Over two years ago, a small business owner’s life was turned upside down by seemingly simple request: “We’d like you to bake us a wedding cake.” Despite turning down financial gain and simultaneously setting himself up for legal woes, Jack Phillips…
As children, we are masters at the art—or at least the attempt of—circumvention. Simply put, kids are in the business of getting what they want. Parents in the business of running block against some of those (often ill-planned) things that children want. Enter the Art of Circumvention. The child will either bypass the more “difficult”…
As a resident of arguably one of the coldest states in the lower 48, I can attest to the fact that winter can be miserable. Here, we can go weeks at a time with temperatures solidly below zero, and days on end of relentless, howling north winds. As we skate—almost literally—into work or school every…
It’s a typical Monday morning. I drag myself out of bed . . . I drag myself into the shower . . . I drag myself (and a sleepy little dog) downstairs to let her out, cursing the cold and the morning the whole way. I drag myself through breakfast, and then drag myself through…
I remember my freshman year of high school like it was yesterday; particularly one sunny September morning as my mother drove us to school. I was mad because I didn’t like how my hair looked that day. Truly, a tragedy, by any freshman girl’s standards! I couldn’t possibly walk into the halls of my small…
A Future Free 