A few days ago I sat scrolling through Facebook—and a video appeared on my feed. In short (and you can watch the full video plus more here), the clip was about why he walked away from the liberal left he once belonged to. In it, the man realizes that the Democrat Party has long “encouraged…
Here’s a challenge for you: find a puzzle, dump out all the pieces on the table, and remove the ones you think look ugly. Once those pieces are removed, try and complete the puzzle. Ridiculous, obviously. You need all the pieces to complete the puzzle—and once completed, those pieces you would have otherwise thrown away…
Dear Tomi, You’re a unique phenomenon. You’re a millennial who doesn’t shy away from a tough conversation because feelings might get hurt. And you’ve got a heck of a following. Millions of people hang on your every word. So that means you have an immense responsibility to get it right. No, not “right” as in…
I want you to stop and think about something for a second. What exactly happened in the span of about 200 years that took us human beings from riding around in horse drawn carriages to walking on the moon? “Progress!” You might say. And yes, every age makes progress on the discoveries and innovations of…
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 an iconic photo depicting a harried firefighter—helmet #28—in narrow, jam-packed stairwell. In the midst of chaos someone had the presence of mind to capture a tragic piece of our nation’s history. The day was September 11th, 2001. As terrified workers run past, the firefighter was running UP towards the inferno, not DOWN towards…
I want to start out today by posing two questions. What is a “human right”? Is something a “right” if it encroaches upon the rights of another? The concept of “human rights” is defined wonderfully in our own Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that…
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