Russia is in trouble in Ukraine. A three-day war has turned into a huge embarrassment and nightmare for Russia. But I don’t think the West can afford to underestimate their threat. As in World War II, Japan sent out its kamikaze suicide bombers as a last-ditch effort to save their country. Russia has been progressively threatening its other neighbors and seems to be changing its tactics. Increasingly, Russia is disrespecting the airspace of its neighbors and threatening to expand its...

I seem to stumble on topics to write about by accident. I was reading about the new presidential library honoring our 26 th president, Theodore Roosevelt, when I discovered the library was being designed by Snøhetta, a global architectural firm founded in Oslo, Norway. First, let me tell you a little about the library, and then I will talk about the firm building it. Read More Here:

Old Norse was a Germanic language spoken in Scandinavia during the Viking Age, petering out in the 14 th century. Wherever the Vikings settled, they took their language with them. It eventually evolved into Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, and Icelandic, plus the language of the Faroe Islands. (Note: Finland is often referred to as being part of Scandinavia, but their language is totally different, evolving from the Ural Mountains area of Russia.) It is my understanding that Norwegian...