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June 19, 2019
Abraham Lincoln LEADing Emerging Leaders
Last week I had the privilege of visiting with the LEAD: Spirit of Lincoln Youth Leadership Academy in Jacksonville, Illinois. Led by Sarah Watson and George Buss, I discovered an amazing group of emerging leaders and their equally amazing mentors. … Continue reading →
June 17, 2019
Tesla Book Makes #1 on Illuminating Biographies of Notable Figures
Tesla: The Wizard of Electricity has made #1 in the list of 13 Illuminating Biographies of Notable Figures created by Ezvid Wiki. Click here to watch the short video Founded in 2011, Ezvid Wiki was the world’s first video wiki, … Continue reading →
June 11, 2019
The Belly Ache Abraham Lincoln
In Manchester, England there stands a statue of Abraham Lincoln. The statue was supposed to be given to London, but no one there wanted it. Robert Lincoln was aghast. “No, no, no,” he mightily exclaimed. “No way. It looks like … Continue reading →
June 7, 2019
Chasing Abraham Lincoln – The Tour Continues
Abraham Lincoln is everywhere. I just saw his bust in a park in Havana, Cuba. I even saw an art exhibit in the Fine Arts Museum of Cuba that included a figure of Lincoln (and missed the other three busts/statues … Continue reading →
June 3, 2019
An American in Cuba
Marianna spoke no English, and my ten words of Spanish were insufficient for a conversation. Through a translator we conversed about the modern dance she and her troupe had just performed. Marianna was one of many “people-to-people” interactions we had … Continue reading →
May 27, 2019
Revisiting Hanoi…and More
To say that my first real travel experience outside the United States (other than Bermuda as a college student) was a culture shock would be to make the understatement of the century. After growing up in a small New England … Continue reading →
May 20, 2019
LEAD Me to Abraham Lincoln – Lessons to be Learned
In June I’ll have the privilege of participating in the annual LEAD: Lincoln’s Path to Leadership program in Illinois. For the past two years LEAD has provided my book, Lincoln: The Man Who Saved America, to each of the students … Continue reading →
May 14, 2019
Reconstructing Bermuda, Part Deux
A while back I wrote a post called Reconstructing Bermuda in which I reminisced about my college semester on that Atlantic Ocean island. In an attempt to sound scholarly, here is Part Deux. Many years ago I lived in Bermuda … Continue reading →
May 10, 2019
Introducing the Abraham Lincoln Bibliography Project
They say there are over 15,000 books and pamphlets published about Abraham Lincoln. The truth is, no one actually knows. As a way to find out, I’ve started the Abraham Lincoln Bibliography Project. As I note in my introduction to … Continue reading →
May 7, 2019
Looking for Ljubljana – Slovenia’s Triple Bridge Jewel
Several years ago I took a road trip through central Europe. Starting in Bratislava, the route took us through Vienna, Munich, Fussen (home of the famed Neuschwanstein Castle), Munich, Salzburg, and Budapest. Rather than backtrack through Vienna, we decided on … Continue reading →
