So, when I taught Aidan O’Connor, I didn’t know that I would be staying with his family in Germany this week. I feel like I should tell you a little about Aidan.  He was a free spirit.  He would come…

When I left Amsterdam, I did so on ICE, the Inter-City-Express train.  For those of you who don’t know, these trains are incredibly fast.  We were traveling at around 270 km an hour. The other cool thing about this form…

I’ve been thinking a lot about the nature of commerce and of kindness. I don’t know of an economy in the world that doesn’t rely on the trading of goods and services and the gauging of value. I’ll do this…

“I love America. I don’t see why anyone leaves. It’s so big, and there’s so much to do. It’s like one giant Disneyland!’