I guess I could start nearly every blog post with “What strange times we live in…” In the past week there was a terrible tragedy in Traverse City, Michigan. A mentally ill man pulled out a knife in Wal-Mart and stabbed eleven people before he was subdued by a Black man with a gun. I […]
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Lessons from Sarajevo
As the “Monster Trip”, which started in February, 2025 continues, we’ve moved on to the Balkans. As a former history teacher, I know how vital this area has been in determining when the world goes to war. Otto von Bismarck once said something like “If there ever is a world war it will be because […]
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