For retired Air Force Colonel and astronaut Carl Walz, ’77, the journey to the stars began with his physics education and ROTC involvement @KentState. Inspired by John Glenn and Neil Armstrong, he joined the Air Force ROTC, then NASA, logging 231 days in spaceFor retired Air Force Colonel and astronaut Carl Walz, ’77, the journey to the stars began with his physics education and ROTC involvement @KentState. Inspired by John Glenn and Neil Armstrong, he joined the Air Force ROTC, then NASA, logging 231 days in spaceFor retired Air Force Colonel and astronaut Carl Walz, ’77, the journey to the stars began with his physics education and ROTC involvement @KentState. Inspired by John Glenn and Neil Armstrong, he joined the Air Force ROTC, then NASA, logging 231 days in spaceFor retired Air Force Colonel and astronaut Carl Walz, ’77, the journey to the stars began with his physics education and ROTC involvement @KentState. Inspired by John Glenn and Neil Armstrong, he joined the Air Force ROTC, then NASA, logging 231 days in space!
@Molly_RoseCLE I’m an old ass angry bald man!! It’s sure great to see you back on my Twitter feed Molly Rose!! Hope you have a great Summer vacation and maybe write some songs!!
@RozRothstein@IDF Amen Roz. So hard to see a face put with this titanic struggle for the safety of their people!! Am Yisrael Chai and I know there memories will always be a blessing!!
@SSN_KentState Love the way the new Coaching staff is able to convey their vision and energy to these talented young men! Met Coach Carney (OC) and Coach Morgan (DC) at a Golden Flashes Club event, and they were both humble and dynamic!! Go Flashes!!
@MacHughesGolf@RBCCanadianOpen@GolfCanada Another great showing again this week! Jim Nance and the broadcast team really seem to like you!! Honored to have you Corey and Taylor to follow weekly on the PGA tour leaderboard!! Go Flashes!
A Jew named Chaim gets into an Uber with a Muslim named Yousef…
He’s a Moroccan living in Pittsburgh for thirty five years and I’m a New Yorker living in Montana for seventeen. He and his wife have three children, Chavie and I have five. He prays five times each day and I pray three. He wants his children to stick to his faith and I want that for my kids too.
Though we agreed not to talk about the “stuff we won’t agree on”, which of course meant Israel, we had a deep conversation that taught me so much.
He shared with me about his visit to Gettysburg and learning about those who “fought for a cause”. We discussed how too many Americans don’t have a principled “cause” that they believe in and are willing to fight for, and therefore change their “ideology” on a whim.
We spoke about Halal and Kosher, mosques and synagogues, Marrakech and Jerusalem, our mutual love of mountains and nature, and we agreed that our world deserves peace.
When we reached my destination, he got out of the car, shook my hand and gave me a hug.
We didn’t solve the issues in the Middle East or the challenges with jihadists seeking to harm Jews and Christians, but, I believe, we brought more unity to our fractured world and brought us one step closer to redemption.
My Rebbe taught me that change happens one person at a time, one conversation at a time, one good deed at a time, I hope to continue doing my part.