Reimagining America — Entry One The Myth We Inherited, The Nation We Became, The Future We Choose I was born in 1965, into an America that taught its children to stand tall, hand over heart, and pledge allegiance before the school day even began. We learned about NASA, about the Read more
Manifesting Hope: The Decade That Tried to Break Me — and the Reason It Didn’t TED Talk Draft 1. Opening: The Room-Quieting Truth If you live long enough, life will hand you a season you didn’t ask for. For me, that season lasted almost a decade. In those years, I Read more
Studying Humanity —the Way Temple Studied Cattle There’s a moment in Temple Grandin — the HBO film about her life — where Temple says something that has stayed with me for years: “I don’t want my thoughts to die with me.” That line hits differently when you’ve spent your life studying the Read more
The Art of Being Human: A Lesson in Forgiving—Forward Opening I want to start with a confession. I used to be that driver — the one who would lay on the horn the moment someone cut me off, the one who would mutter a few choice words at a stranger Read more