Christmas occurs on the 358th day of the 12th month of the year (except leap year when it occurs on 359th) New Year’s occurs on the 1st day of the 1st month of the year – why then do we always think Christmas comes before New Year’s? And speaking of the holidays, is...
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Aha! or AI?
For fifteen wonderful years, I taught skiing for Vail Resorts and had the opportunity to teach people from all over the world. I loved every minute of it. Being a ski instructor was that rare job where work felt like play, and where having fun wasn’t a distraction...
E Pluribus Unum
We hear the refrain, “We’re a nation of immigrants,” but that’s just more ill-thought-out bumper-sticker mentality because beneath the noise lies a much deeper philosophical divide. The real debate shouldn’t be about immigration per se. Rather, as a nation we need...
Who Really “Had the Southwest First”? The History Behind a Popular Myth
So many of the arguments we hear in the immigration debate are as substantial as wet cardboard. And one of the flimsiest is the claim that illegal immigration from Mexico is justified because “the Southwest used to belong to Mexico; that they were there first!” It’s a...