The world seems like such a vast place, its problems so overwhelming, that it’s easier for most of us just to look down at out feet and shuffle along, complaining that nobody is changing anything. Goals Status: Marathon: On Track. I’ve missed a few workouts this week, but I’ll be heading out to run three […]
He was a hero a long time before 2014. But in 2014, the world learned of Kailash Satyarthi’s heroism when he shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Malala Yusafzai. Progress toward my goals: Marathon: On Track. No change since yesterday. Two Square Yards of Earth: Behind Schedule. Made some progress on the outline this morning, […]
BBC News – Malala and Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize. Changing the world patiently, peacefully, without threat or coercion, may be the ultimate expression of courage. Especially when those who oppose the change you seek are anything but peaceful. Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani teenager who was shot by the Taliban two years ago for […]
A Father’s Letter to Young Women (About Getting Naked) | UnTangled. I have a tween daughter. Which means many places on the Internet, where women and girls are presented as nothing more than objects of lust presented for men’s entertainment, terrify me. And it’s not just the Internet. So many places these days, we see […]
In October of 2012, a gunman sent by the Taliban–that fun-loving bunch of crazy kids that sheltered Osama Bin Laden so he could share his brand of joy with the world– stepped onto a school bus in Pakistan and shot a fifteen-year-old girl in the head. It wasn’t an accident, and it wasn’t random. It […]
I’m a little late on the 2013 retrospectives; most of our media sources are already falling over themselves to forget 2013, or at least to start making predictions for 2014. But I want to take a few days this month to honor people whose efforts I think are worth remembering. Are they heroes? Teddy Roosevelt […]