Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Before stepping on stage for her life-changing 2016 America’s Got Talent audition, 12-year-old singer-songwriter Grace VanderWaal gave the audience a glimpse of what was to come. “I’m doing my own song tonight because I think it really shows who I am,” she said with quiet confidence. Born in Kansas and living in New York at…

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) sparked outrage online over her response to the second attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life in as many months. “There never is a place for political violence of any kind in America. As the investigation into today’s incident continues, let us commend law enforcement for their actions to…

I thought proposing to Natalie would be the start of our forever. Instead, it was the beginning of a nightmare. It took weeks of betrayal to realize I’d never really known her at all. I felt my heart pounding as I knelt down on one knee in our living room. “Natalie,” I said, holding up…

Tom Selleck doesn’t need an introduction. The now-78-year-old actor has been in show business for decades, and despite his recent health scares, he doesn’t seem to have any plans on retiring. In recent years, he’s starred in the successful series Blue Bloods. Selleck’s appearance has been quite a trademark, and we have all gotten used…

An older woman forced to work as a cleaner long after retirement age is stunned to find a huge sum of money in her bank account. What is more terrifying than getting old alone and penniless? Lucy was sixty-seven years old and had worked hard all her life as a mid-level administrative in a big…

I was halfway to my mother-in-law’s house with freshly baked lasagna when my lawyer’s frantic call changed everything. “Go back home. NOW,” she shouted. What I walked into that night exposed the ugly sides of two of the closest people in my life. I used to think my life was pretty stable. As a finance…

I hadn’t heard from my stepdaughter, Hyacinth, in a long time, so when she invited me to dinner, I hoped it was a chance to reconnect. But nothing could prepare me for what came next.

You will surely understand that I have certain needs that you, being 57 years old can no longer satisfy. I am very happy with you and I value you as a good wife. Therefore, after reading this letter, I hope that you will not wrongfully interpret the fact that I will be spending the evening…

Eva Jacqueline Longoria Bastón[1] (née Longoria; born March 15, 1975) is an American actress, producer, director and business woman. After a number of guest roles on several television series, she was recognized for her portrayal of Isabella Braña on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless, on which she starred from 2001…

I was just moments away from saying “I do” when the church doors burst open and my father shrieked that the WEDDING WAS OFF. What he said next shattered my heart in the blink of an eye. The soft glow of morning light filtered through the stained glass windows, casting a rainbow of colors across…