"Through ESPN’s 2026 Veterans Week, we are proud to share powerful stories of service, celebrate our veteran colleagues and strengthen the programs that support veterans and military spouses as they pursue their next chapters.”
"I didn't understand how important, not who you knew, how important it was to have people actually like you. I don't live a life of attempting to be liked."
All of this could be moot by the end of the decade, of course. But for now, there are glimmers of hope, tiny, minuscule, almost imperceptible glimmers.
The political junkies may have an interest in Byron Donald, Doug Burgum, or ASPCA Poster Girl of the Year Kristi Noem. The actual real people have zero interest.
"I didn't understand how important, not who you knew, how important it was to have people actually like you. I don't live a life of attempting to be liked."