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The following article, MTG Loses Trump Endorsement: From Ally to Wacko, was first published on Conservative Firing Line. Over my excessive years of writing and watching people I’ve noted that the loudest ones – those who like to start conflicts – are often the biggest opportunists and turncoats. They are trying to distract from their real views or trying to hide their actions. MTG is a person whose persona bothered me from the … Continue reading MTG Loses Trump Endorsement: From Ally to Wacko ...

The holiday bonus is a time honored tradition. Though it's been beautifully lampooned in films like Christmas Vacation, it's something a lot of people look forward to every year. It's a chance for companies that have done well to reward employees for their hard work and motivate them to keep it up in the coming year.Traditionally, though, holiday bonuses are not guaranteed by any stretch — and they're often modest. Indeed writes that a typical holiday bonus is around 5-10% of your salary. Great to have, but not typically life-changing money.Recently, a company called St. John Properties decided to celebrate a big milestone by majorly upping the ante with its holiday bonuses. And they caught the amazing moment on camera. A holiday party to remember. Photo by krakenimages on Unsplash Per a press release, the commercial real estate firm had just completed its goal of developing 20 million square feet of space across eight states, so the boss wanted to express his gratitude to his employees in the most unique and special way. He decided to share an impactful form of gratitude to honor his employees and surprise them with something wonderful.Edward St. John, founder of St. John Properties, decided to pay a $10 million bonus to his 198 employees. Better yet, he decided to announce the bonuses while everyone was gathered together at the annual Christmas party.As employees mingled, sipped drinks, and munched on d'oeuvres, St. John took the stage and spoke into the mic. As he talked, assistants handed out mysterious red envelopes to all the workers in attendance.St. John shared how the performance of his dear employees had been crucial in achieving the company's goal, as per a video uploaded by the company on YouTube. "Everybody is important in this company," he said. "And you're all participating in a bonus."The crowd knew the evening was going to hold a "surprise," but only a small handful of them knew about the impromptu bonus. And they certainly didn't realize how big the amount was going to be.St. John announced that the employees would all be splitting a $10 million bonus, divided up by number of years with the company, and invited them to open their envelopes. Cameras were on hand to capture the reactions. - YouTube www.youtube.com With jaw-dropping reactions, tears, laughter, gasps and more echoing throughout the room, every employee was overjoyed. The company stated that the bonuses ranged from $100 to a staggering $270,000 for the longest tenured employees. The average person received $50,000 that evening. The New York Post reports that the average American considers roughly $20,000 to be "life-changing." Over half of people surveyed said they would put that kind of money directly into savings to ensure a better retirement. Others would use it for a frivolous vacation or to pay off debts. In any case, that kind of money can improve many areas of a person's life.“I was blown away when this happened,” one of the employees said. Another added, “What happened tonight was magical. It is life-changing.” One more chimed in, “I’m very excited, I’ve been here a long time, he didn’t have to do what he did.” Addressing his idea behind this prestigious gift, St. John said, “To celebrate the achievement of our goal, we wanted to reward our employees in a big way that would make a significant impact in their lives. I am thankful for every one of our employees, for their hard work and dedication. I couldn’t think of a better way to show it.”The post on Instagram captured the impromptu reaction of a few other employees when the news was announced. While some were left astonished, others were fighting back tears. St. John made the evening extra special by saying, “I steer the boat but they're the ones that run the boat. They're the ones that make the boat go. Without the teams we are nothing, we are absolutely nothing.” See on Instagram Speaking about his love and respect for his employees in his company and his life, the founder said, “My philosophy has always been to surround myself with the best and the brightest – and that is what we have done. Every professional at St. John Properties is committed to excellence every day.” The bonus was given to employees in addition to their annual year-end bonus and several other benefits so that they could truly have a very merry Christmas.In a time where CEO and executive pay has skyrocketed while worker wages remain relatively stagnant, the gesture was beautiful to behold.This article originally appeared last year. It has been updated.

Trigger Warning: This article contains themes of death and grief that some readers may find distressing. The last thing you might expect at something as somber as a a funeral is for someone to break into dancing moments before bidding their final goodbye. However, 66-year-old Gino Gentilin was sure to display the best of his moves at his 15-year-old grandson’s funeral, per The Daily Guardian. A clip shared by the New York Post on Instagram captures the grandpa dancing with all the energy he possibly had in front of all loved ones and others present. The 15-year-old Kevin passed away tragically while riding his vintage bike to school when a car crashed into his bike.“I got there a few minutes after the accident, he was lying on the ground and I sat down next to him. We stayed like that for at least half an hour. He was already dead and I remember that, while I was caressing him, I kept wondering why we couldn’t switch bodies,” the bereaved grandpa recalled. While they couldn’t do anything to bring the boy back to life, Gentilin ensured that he fared his grandson goodbye in the best way possible. Seeking permission from Kevin’s parents, the grandpa broke into an energetic dance before Kevin’s coffin. “The speaker started pumping out music, first the 883, then the Brothers and finally a remix by DJ Matrix,” the grandpa recalled. See on Instagram Explaining the reason behind this unusual tribute, Gentilin mentioned that he felt connected with his grandson through dance. The grandpa shared that he felt Kevin would have wanted to see him put out his best for his grandson. He spared no effort in busting moves in honor of his little boy. Towards the end of the tribute, he exclaimed, “I turned directly to him, I shouted, ‘Fly Kevin, now you are free! He and I were two kindred spirits. He came to visit me every evening, we talked about everything. Gentilin was deeply connected with Kevin and even after his passing, he ensured he remained bonded with him the same way through memories and in spirit.Remembering the time he used to dance with Kevin, Gentilin was happy to share all his docs moments with his grandson. “Every occasion was good for asking me to go with him and his friends to the disco. And under the DJ console, more than grandfather and grandson, we seemed like two accomplices who had a lot of fun dancing together,” he said. Dancing was like their most comfortable love language and the grandpa was sure to render it one last time at Kevin’s funeral. No one can truly put a mark on how heartbroken the grandpa must have been. However, he felt that dancing there for his grandson made him feel light. No matter how bizarre it may seem to a layman the gesture was his way of personally bonding with Kevin one last time. “In my case, it was that dance that saved me. When I finished dancing in front of my grandson’s coffin, I heard his voice in my head. He said to me: ‘Thank you, Grandpa.’ And suddenly I felt empty, as if a lot of that suffering that I carried inside me had come out.” Gentilin remarked that the dance “saved” him.When you really think about it, Gellin's tirubte isn't all that peculiar. Across the world—from Tibetan sky burials to New Orleans jazz funeral parades—grief rituals look very different from one culture to another, and many families honor their loved ones through movement, music, and gestures that reflect the spirit of the person they lost. Mourning rituals are opportunities for families to honor the personality of the one who passed, and Gentilin’s choice fits within that wide spectrum of meaningful expressions. @dirty_rotten_vipers #neworleans ♬ original sound - The Dirty Rotten Viper Band Grief counselors even specifically note that movement and music can help regulate the nervous system during moments of shock or trauma. When emotions feel too heavy for words, physical expression can offer a way to release tension and process what the mind can’t yet articulate. Gentilin’s dance was simply a natural response to overwhelming grief. A healthy one at that.Bottom line: Grief looks different for everyone, and there is no right or wrong way to honor someone you love. Whether it’s dancing, sharing stories, lighting a candle, or simply sitting together in silence, small acts of connection can become part of the healing process. What matters most is finding a gesture that feels true to the relationship and offers even a moment of comfort in the midst of loss.This article originally appeared 2 months ago. It has been updated.

The late, great Robin Williams once beautifully said, "I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy. Because they know what it feels like to feel absolutely worthless, and they don't want anybody else to feel like that."One night at a comedy club in Los Angeles, a new, nervous stand-up comic was called to the stage by the emcee. In one hand, she casually had a beer that she propped up on the piano. In the other, was her notebook full of scribbled, half-written joke premises and a few wine stains. She did her opening joke, and the response was so quiet, she could hear the ice machine crackling in the kitchen. Joke two—a slight spattering of nervous laughter. Joke three got a heartier laugh, but then it went back to deafening quiet by joke four. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Robin Williams Quotes (@robin.williamsquotes)She mercifully got through her final joke and said, "That's my time," long before the red light in the back of the club even went on. She scurried off stage with her beer not unlike that rat in New York scurrying across a sidewalk carrying a piece of pizza. Panicked, embarrassed, and, frankly, a little hungry.It wasn't going wellIt was just one of those nights. The last time she'd done this act—with nearly the exact same jokes—she'd received an applause break. This time, she was left questioning every one of her life decisions. Why had she come to Los Angeles? How was the next month's rent supposed to get paid? Why had she cut her hair in the "Rachel" haircut?As she was about to enter the hallway that led into the bar area, she could feel actual tears forming behind her eyes, like little faucets that were slowly turning on. "Don't cry at the comedy club," she told herself. Rather, "Don't cry at the comedy club AGAIN." But as the tears came anyway, she looked up and lo and behold, there was Robin Williams. She stuttered, "You. Are. One of my favorites. Ever." He looked at her, his blue eyes warmly crinkling, and said, "You were amazing."It hadn't been true. But the fact that he would go out of his way to make this total stranger's awful night into one of her best at that time was just the kind of person Robin was.I know this because that woman was me.I wanted to tell him about the Mork and Mindy poster on my wall as a kid, and how I had cut out Mindy's face and put in my third-grade class photo. I wanted to tell him how much I loved his care for animals, the unhoused, and the less fortunate. Or that because of him, I had a weird fetish for suspenders. (The last one wasn't quite true, but I still wanted to say it.) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pamela McIntosh Gahring (@pamelagahring)But instead, I merely laughed and said, "Oh, thank you. But I can do better." He gave me a gentle look like, "We're all in this together," and even though I knew I'd never have a career like his, it dawned on me that it didn't matter. That being kind to others actually DID matter, and that he was a lighthouse in a really stormy, pitch-black ocean.She wouldn't let one bad night ruin her hopeI stuck it out, and just a few years later, got to perform in the super cool, coveted "New Faces" show at the Just for Laughs Montreal Comedy Fest. Didn't kill there either, but I was able to step back and look down from an aerial view. How we uplift others, whether through laughter or kindness, is really the only control we have in this world.Years later, after Robin passed away, I had heart surgery and was feeling down. I had read that cardiac issues could leave a person biochemically depressed, and the first person I thought of was him. I messaged our mutual friend from San Francisco and asked if he remembered Robin speaking to him about heart surgery and depression. He only affirmed that yes, it was a very real side effect and that I should take it seriously.I have always thought of the neurotransmitter Serotonin like it was a flowery perfume. Notes of honey, lavender, rose. When someone has a good amount of it floating through their synapses, it leaves a trace of itself wherever it goes, as if the tunnels it burrows under pump it out through a steam grate. But from what I've heard, Robin struggled with that too. And yet he still found a way to leave a lovely and inviting scent behind him, because he wanted to make sure OTHERS were okay. A heart shaped neon sign in the darkPhoto by DESIGNECOLOGIST on Unsplash I had always wondered how he did that. Bouts of darkness plagued him like clouds moving around ever-so-slightly, revealing sunnier days and then BAM - gone again. And yet, he was able to stay gentle and unwaveringly kind, like a jester throwing glitter into a black hole. He seemed to see beyond the nonsense, pure love radiating from him (especially around animals.) I guess, even in his death, I was looking to Robin for answers. But one puzzle remains solved: making others happy is the kindest thing we can do, even when our own valves—whether heart or perfume pumps—fail to work.This article originally appeared in April. It has been updated.

Bullying is never okay, but it's arguable that some bullying situations are more egregious than others. So it's no wonder that when people saw a video of a group of teens making fun of a kid with terminal cancer for wearing a police officer uniform, the reaction was swift disapproval. However, the kid himself responded with a maturity that had his bullies apologizing to him for their behavior. Twelve-year-old Devarjaye (DJ) Daniel (@devarjaye) is an honorary police officer with hundreds of agencies around the country and wears his uniform proudly. In a video that went viral, a group of teen girls were shown mocking him at a gas station for the way he was dressed. The footage captures the group demeaning Daniel while making mocking expressions, laughing, and making vile comments. They danced around him while he holds his face in his hands, which both DJ and his father called "disturbing," and even yelled "Arrest us!" with complete disrespect. - YouTube www.youtube.com DJ’s dad, Theodis, was talking to someone at the station when he saw what was going on. He stepped in to intervene, but the father and son chose a more educational response than an aggressive one.Theodis recalled choosing not to act impulsively. "We are used to all the frantic behavior, so it wasn’t anything we aren’t accustomed to," he told the Houston Chronicle." Every time they see him in his uniform, he gets a lot of laughs; some of them may ridicule him and make jokes about him. A lot of times, he doesn’t want me to intervene; he'd rather just do it himself,” the dad noted. See on Instagram DJ, too, chose a more mindful approach, not letting the bullying hurt his feelings. “Really and truly, I'm like a 40-year-old and I don't have feelings like that," he told Fox 26. In the video, he made no impulsive moves, choosing to remain calm and silent. Instead, DJ responded by letting the teenagers learn his story. He became a cop to teach people to stand up for themselves and he did just that. DJ and his dad patiently explained to the girls DJ's cancer diagnosis and his 13 surgeries that have caused his scars. By the time they left the gas station, the girls were treating DJ with respect and even calling him "Officer DJ."Theodis told the Houston Chronicle that he received a call from an unknown number after the video went viral and Houston community activist Candice Matthews shared DJ's story on social media. The caller said they were involved in the video and wanted to apologize for their part in it. See on Instagram It just goes to show how far a little kindness and education can go. Since the bullying incident, DJ has been honored by even more police precincts. He was invited to be an honorary member of the Secret Service by the president at a joint session of Congress and has been sworn in as an honorary member of other federal law enforcement agencies as well. While some have chosen to bully DJ and his father for political reasons, they father-son duo have continued to focus on DJ's interest in police work and his ongoing cancer treatment. As this young cancer warrior demonstrates, not letting bullies get to you and focusing on educating them instead of getting back at them can sometimes make a positive difference for everyone involved. This article originally appeared last year.