football addict, uber driver, 2x college pres, 2x NYT bestseller, 2x US senator (most primary votes & most censured in Nebr history),100+stitches,hideous teeth
On faith: “My soul thinks Ben should be God, and I want that to die. Cancer sucks. But I’m pretty grateful that cancer is a stake against my delusional self-idolatry.” (3/6)
Ben Sasse, a great man to the end, reaches across the aisle and sits down for an interview with Socialist blog The Dispatch.
Bonus points for people who can find the link to a Jarvis tweet in this one.
Six months ago, doctors gave @BenSasse three to four months to live. He’s still here.
Ben Sasse sat down with Dispatch senior editor @McCormackJohn to talk about faith, suffering, family, and death. Here's what he had to say: ⬇️ (1/6)
Great reminder to start your week with grace: “One way to tell if you’re embracing the virtue of hard work or the vice of workaholism is whether ‘the Lord’s Day is the beginning or the end of your week,’ Sasse says. ‘If the first day is grace, then everything else is gratitude. You’re not forming your identity [around work]. You’re just trying to live out a life of love [for] your neighbor in response to what’s been done for you.’”
New: @BenSasse sits down for an interview with me at a bar in Manhattan.
We talked about many topics—from his childhood to politics to Heaven—and why his message about “redeeming the time” after his terminal cancer diagnosis is resonating with so many.
https://t.co/qTBhOjcnHv
Conan’s riff on becoming a parent — and specifically how unexpectedly freeing it can be — has stuck in my brain ever since I heard it on the @BenSasse and @ChrisStirewalt podcast a few months ago.
Funny, true, heartfelt — aka classic Conan.
From @WSJFreeEx via @WSJOpinion: Nearly two-thirds of 17-year-olds can’t leave their neighborhoods without adult supervision. Is it reasonable to expect them to vote at 18? To fight a war? To incur college debt? Obviously not, writes @BenSasse.
https://t.co/waydFSWQys
These two giant turtles have been fighting each other for more than 120 years.
According to the zoo, one turtle stole the other’s food 120 years ago, and since that day they became enemies.
There hasn’t been a single day where they don’t fight for 2–3 minutes😂
What a fun and insightful conversation with country music great Clint Black on the most recent episode of "Not Dead Yet!" @BenSasse@ChrisStirewalt@aei https://t.co/geHx9nBijA
I’m exactly where @BenSasse is on AI.
Both the optimism about the tech itself and the warning that there’s no way this goes well without recommitting ourselves to a virtuous society.
https://t.co/0R3A4jjUoH