increase font size Cal Thomas: Zaila and the Bee People who are tenacious, overcome obstacles and succeed used to be part of the American story, a story we were happy to share to encourage others. What happened to it? Why do we focus less on success and more on envying and penalizing the successful? Why is there the constant drumbeat in our politics and most of the media about the unsuccessful and the proposals by certain politicians to throw good money after bad on programs that have mostly not worked? Read Article Cal Thomas By any standard, Zaila Avant-garde is a remarkable 14-year-old girl with a positive and compelling outlook on life.