The Wall I Knew
On a cold Sunday afternoon in January of 2019, a day after the end of the longest government shutdown in…
Lists
As another year draws to its close and the next one edges near, there seems to be in both the…
The Long Walk Across Europe
In December of 1933, a young man set out from England on a great adventure. His intention was to walk…
To The Last Man
A nation with massive, crushing unemployment, fortunes and life savings disappeared, crowds of desperate citizens protesting in the streets, all…
Arrivals and Departures
The Dutch novelist, poet and journalist, Cees Nooteboom, wrote a wonderful book called Roads to Santiago. In it, the author…
Stockholm’s Burning
Stockholm’s burning. That city I went to 33 years ago as an exchange student in the summer of 1980, that…
Boat People
So, Thanksgiving is once more upon us, the season in which where I work, little lines of boys and girls…
