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Here are 40 counterintuitive things I wish I’d known when I was 20.
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I suppose there are two kinds of people in the world: those who deliberate whether they should say “pardon me”, and those who are deaf.
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Mike Finneran has played golf in 40 states and 10 countries, won more than 50 Deaf tournaments, and made five hole-in-ones. He taught me, and many others, the game when we were young. This October, he will tee it up at his 1,000th course, and continue to teach us how to live.
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Here is why you should read Troubled, Trust, The Boys of Riverside, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, and Articulate.
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Gallaudet’s debate with Georgetown about curing deafness reminds us that progress requires opponents, not echoes.
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In an interview, I make the case that Deaf America matters to heterodoxy itself and to the future of American democracy.
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Want to save Deaf America? Resist conformity.
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In a desperate attempt to remember Oma’s special essence, I thought I would compile some favorite memories and the lessons she taught about living a life worth living.
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In the spirit of Vivek Ramaswamy’s “sacred and undeniable truths,” here are five truths about the 2024 presidential election, according to my 8-year-old.
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Want to save U.S. democracy? Cultivate more courageous citizens like Scott Lehmann and Shayna Unger who dare to be different.
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I am dazed and confused about the Signing Starbucks store near Gallaudet University.
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Two years ago, my former basketball player was arrested for murdering his audiologist. I still wonder why.
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In this age of polarization, gridlock and bigotry, we can still revitalize our democracy with the most basic choices.
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I tried to play the hero when I was in high school. Then, I played the deaf card.
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We should play sports and root for our teams because they teach valuable skills and lessons, which can engender the very change in ourselves and the world that we wish to see.
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When we tell others about Coach John “Bird” Perry, we ought to start with his goodness.
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For the fourth year in a row, here are five of the best nonfiction books I’ve read in the past 365 days.
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For all of the anxieties of 2020, it could have been worse if not for those non-fiction books that kept me awake, thinking and feeling, deep into the year.
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This is why you should read Sprawlball, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, King of the World and Man’s Search for Meaning.
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to post on 5tern and to remove all doubt.”
– Abraham Lincoln
Brendan Stern 