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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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Gallaudet’s debate with Georgetown about curing deafness reminds us that progress requires opponents, not echoes.
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Heterodoxy is how Gallaudet stands out, how Deaf America survives, and how the country breathes.
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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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Here are 40 counterintuitive things I wish I’d known when I was 20.
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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 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.
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I thought I would put on paper my favorite memories of James Maurice Stern, who passed away recently but will always remain “Opa” in my heart.
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What could explain the juxtaposition between the historic success of the Deaf community and its tribal anxiety today?
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to post on 5tern and to remove all doubt.”
– Abraham Lincoln
Brendan Stern 