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  • Failure Made Walt Disney Great

    Failure Made Walt Disney Great1

    December 15, 2016, will mark the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney’s passing. Half a century later, I vividly recall the intense sadness I felt when I learned, at age 13, that he had died. It was as though I had lost a close member of the family. I doubt that I ever missed a single

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  • Failure Can Inspire Humility (If You’re Wise)

    Failure Can Inspire Humility (If You’re Wise)0

    Failure is like the original sin in the biblical narrative: everyone has it. Regardless of class, caste, race, or gender, we are all born to fail, we practise failure for as long as we live, and pass it on to others. Just like sin, failure can be disgraceful, shameful and embarrassing to admit. And did

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  • Failing Well Is the Key to Success

    Failing Well Is the Key to Success0

    We are a week into the new year, and undoubtedly, many have already “failed” at keeping some of their resolutions. While it is all too easy to be overly critical of ourselves, losing ourselves in self-deprecating defeat is never the productive route. So instead of getting bogged down by failure because you were not able

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  • Fail U.: The False Promise of Higher Education

    Fail U.: The False Promise of Higher Education0

     Department of Education recently proposed new regulations to punish colleges that attract students with misleading claims. But what if the whole system of higher education in America is guilty of that? In his latest book, Charles Sykes, a senior fellow at the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, makes the case that it is. Fail U.: The False Promise of

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  • Fact-Checking Trans Misinformation

    Fact-Checking Trans Misinformation1

    Trans activists insist that no children – no people under 18, that is – receive gender-affirming surgery. There is “little to no utilization of gender-affirming surgeries by transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) minors in the U.S.”– JAMA Network Open, 2024 “Gender-affirming surgeries for minors are exceptionally rare, and are almost always performed for cisgender — not transgender — youth.” – Them, 2024 Gender-affirming

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  • Fact-Checking the Fourth Democratic Debate

    Fact-Checking the Fourth Democratic Debate0

    The largest number of candidates to date filled the stage at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, for the fourth Democratic presidential debate last night. They offered a number of statements and assessments that bear further scrutiny. 1. Which will benefit workers more: A Universal Basic Income or $15 minimum wage? Senator Cory Booker: I hope that

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