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Remembering Nelson Mandela, and his shifting place in American history
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Britton Gildersleeve
The world will miss Nelson Mandela. A man who saw that forgiveness was as large a part of revolution as upheaveal. A man who brought good to a nation riven by wrong. A man who was not afraid to love his enemy, and to do good to those who hated him. I doubt if many…
just who are you calling average…?
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Britton Gildersleeve
A friend & former colleague recently posted a blog entry where he wrestled with his (mild) obsession w/ being ‘the best.’ He’s very good at anything he turns his hand to: technology, teaching, parenting, music, running. And those are just the few things I’ve seen him do! But that’s not what he thinks. If he’s…
cancelled flights, family nights, and (eventually!) Thanksgiving
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Britton Gildersleeve
It all starts w/check-in. That’s the beginning of any air travel, right? But wait! For us, it began with ice all over the car. A LOT of ice. And an AWOL ice scraper. We should have known it was a portent… And there was fog. But that’s not unusual in Blacksburg. It’s in the mountains,…
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