Basketball in the Last 60 Seconds: Ben Sasse on Mortality, Meaning, and the Future of America | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
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What matters? What really matters? On Uncommon Knowledge Today, Ben Sass. Welcome to Uncommon Knowledge. I'm Peter Robinson.
Benjamin Eric Sass grew up in Plainville, Nebraska, population today of about 1,250. earned his undergraduate degree at Harvard, and a doctorate in history at Yale. He represented Nebraska in the United States Senate from 2014 until 2023, when he became president of the University of Florida, a role in which he served until the middle of 2024. This past December, Bensass posted an announcement on X. Quote, This is a tough note to write,
But since a bunch of you have started to suspect something, I'll cut to the chase. Last week I was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Senator Sass has now begun treatment at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Uh, Ben, you've begun treatment. You've also taken up a position at the American Enterprise Institute here in Washington.
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