“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…
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’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…
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…
I once had a Twitter argument with someone who – during the Trayvon Martin incident – wrote off my point of view almost immediately because I was just some white girl who didn’t know what it was like to walk around as a black person and fear for my life. The man had a point,…
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”…
(Originally posted at TheBlaze.com for The Chris Salcedo Show.) Recently I had the privilege of getting to know an immigrant from Eastern Europe. The man told me a story of survival and escape so incredible that it had me on the edge of my seat—literally—for the duration. He and his family fled the Soviet Union’s…
Yesterday (or rather . . . Sunday), we spoke of two starkly different leaders; one who overcame societal odds to later lead her nation away from economic collapse, and another who also overcame societal odds to change his nation . . . but by drastically different means. One fought with ideas; the other with necklacing…
(12 Reasons Barack Obama is One of the Greatest Presidents Ever, by Matthew Lynch) “He is for entertaining the masses. If we have to listen to a president yakitty-yak about this or that for another four years, we might as well pick one with charisma and charm. If you can’t find anything else appealing about…
(12 Reasons Barack Obama is One of the Greatest Presidents Ever, by Matthew Lynch) “He is for education. Obama has always been an advocate for education, making it a top priority during his administration. Believing education is what brings about the strength of a nation, Obama has set a goal for the U.S. to have…
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