Sometimes, amidst the sturm und drang of our lives today, it’s easy to forget how a vacation gives you new perspectives on yourself and your world. We discovered that one August evening a few years back when we slipped into London Heathrow just before authorities discovered a plot to blow up planes over the Atlantic. As airports locked down worldwide, we were touring the town of Windsor where a guide complained bitterly about the damage to the royal farms wrought by Oliver Cromwell as if it were yesterday. Destruction wrought, or sought, in the name of God is nothing new. Read More...

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