Sarah Biddle

Freak Out with Tom Papa

Are you ready for intelligent, benevolent comedy? Let me introduce you to Freaked Out with Tom Papa. So much comedy is cynical or mean spirited or just not funny. This one-hour routine from 2013 is a beautiful exception.  Tom Papa: Freaked Out appeals to the...

Freddie Mercury’s Smiling in Heaven

The sight of an achievement [is] the greatest gift that a human being could offer to others. —Ayn Rand. This week for Soul-Fuel Friday, I’d like to share three powerful performances by Angelina Jordan. This thirteen-year-old Norwegian singer recently...

World of Dance Delivers a World of Joy

The sight of an achievement [is] the greatest gift that a human being could offer to others. —Ayn Rand. Season 4 of World of Dance has begun, and I recommend it highly. I’ve been watching this show since its inception in 2017, and every season has been...

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Introducing Two New OSI Fellows

Introducing Two New OSI Fellows

I’m excited to announce two new fellows at Objective Standard Institute: Kiyah Willis and Ely Lassman. After graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kiyah worked for a year as a data analyst but soon realized that she was more passionate about...

Ryan Holiday and the Timeless Lessons of Stoicism

Ryan Holiday and the Timeless Lessons of Stoicism

The Stoic philosophers, including the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the slave-turned-philosopher Epictetus, lived some 2,000 years ago and didn’t have the benefit of more recent schools of philosophy, such as Ayn Rand’s...