August 2016
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Krakow: The Pope and the Holocaust; I Am Proudly & Humbly Connected to Both*
IT MAKES SENSE TO MEBy Larry Peterson Mom died from leukemia way back in 1961. She had just turned 40 and, at the time, there were no cures, no chemo and no bone-marrow transplants. She was dead within six months of diagnosis. We lived in the Bronx in a five floor walk-up. Grandma lived up…
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The Deadliest Forest Fire in U.S. History was No Match for The Blessed Virgin Mary*
IT MAKES SENSE TO MEBy Larry Peterson On October 8, 1871, in or around a place called Peshtigo, Wisconsin, several men were setting small fires in the woods. This was a common practice in clearing land for expanding railroads or for expanding farm land. Except on this particular day something unexpected happened. A cold front…
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