My first 24 hours in Guatemala were fantastic, as detailed in my previous post about discovering Culture and Connections in Guatemala City. After I had arrived into Guatemala City on Thursday evening, we were now heading to Antigua late on Friday morning after our visit to the Universidad de Francisco Marroquin. The shuttle we booked […]
First Five Books of 2019: Learn from the Past, Spark Joy in the Present, Prepare for the Future.
In the first five months of 2019, I have completed 10 books. That’s keeping me on my goal for 24 books this year. Four of those 10 books include fiction works and six were non-fiction. I read three books by Audible and all the others were either in physical print or on iBooks or Kindle […]
A Sunrise Hike of Guatemala’s Pacaya Volcano
When we arrived in Antigua on Friday afternoon after our initial day in Guatemala City, one of our first stops was to Wicho & Charlie’s, a local tour company. My friend Kyle had used them a few months ago when he did an overnight, 2-day hike of the Fuego and Acatenango volcanos. Kyle described it […]
Culture and Connections in Guatemala City
On Thursday, May 2, I landed in Guatemala. This is the 20th country I have been in and my first in Central America. I came here to visit my friend Kyle Huwa, who has been here since January, with the main purpose of learning Spanish. He has stayed with a host family in Antigua, as […]
10 Reasons You Should Attend the NRI Ideas Summit
We are just over 3 weeks away from the biennial National Review Institute IDEAS SUMMIT in Washington, DC. It’s a Summit so big we only do it once every two years. Some like to attend CPAC. I like to say, this is the more intellectual version of CPAC (No offense, CPAC). The conversation is […]
Why I am happy NRI Fellows are highlighting Venezuela
Sometimes when I’m traveling around on behalf of National Review Institute, I get a lot of comments and questions about NR articles people are reading, NR podcasts people are listening to, or an NRI Fellow who just appeared on a Sunday news program. While I’m out doing my job to grow support for NRI, I’m also trying to keep […]
My 2019 Reading List
Someone the other day asked me if I had my 2019 Reading List available. Wow, someone is keeping up with me! I better not disappoint. After compiling my 2018 Reading List just ahead of January 1, 2018, I published the list of books I planned to read. As I said in that post, my goal was […]
2018: A Year of Inspiration
2018 was a year of INSPIRATION. Yosemite. Graceland. Mount Rushmore. The Badlands. The West Wing. Israel. I ventured to places I had previously only dreamed of or seen in movies. My year began by turning 40 years old on January 13. My parents threw me a wonderful party that brought together so many friends and […]
The Final 15 Books of My 30-Book Reading Challenge in 2018
It is the final days of 2018, and I just completed the 30-book reading challenge I gave myself at this time last year. In all, I read 20 of those books in either physical print book form or on my iPad (through iBooks or the Kindle app) and I “read” the other 10 books through […]
Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life
On September 14, I finally had the opportunity to see Jordan Peterson speak live and in person when he did so at the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center in Orlando. He told us a lot that night but the biggest take away was: take responsibility for yourself. And if you’re stuck, move (not necessarily in […]