Katiaesque

  • “Soldier X” by Don Wulffson: A Book Impression and My Own Take on the 1940s History

    Speak (Penguin) 2001 I usually try to stick to new books when reviewing, but I couldn’t keep silent about this one. My 12-year-old son recommended this book to me, and the concept totally intrigued me. A teenage German soldier gets sent to the front in 1944, at a time when German supplies ae dwindling and…

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  • The Nobel Peace Prize: Then and Now

    President Obama is going to be accepting the Nobel Peace Prize next week. The conservatives are outraged. People in the middle are confused: “What’d he win it for?” Or just not very interested. People like me think history. 🙂 I was a thirteen year-old citizen of the Soviet Union when the General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev won…

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