When I was a teen-ager, I got into history in a big way. This was way before video games
or computers, so my media of choice was the venerable book. I literally wore out my library
card borrowing various books on a myriad of historical subjects. Within a short time, I, in my
naivete', began to bemoan the fact that" we live in boring times". In my ridiculous opinion
nothing of any exciting or "romantic" effect happened anymore. Sure, we had history, but it was
all so lame! No hordes of barbarians sweeping across the plains, no great armies converging to
give battle, no invasions of conquest; ugh! it was just all so boring. Little did I know just how
not boring the future was to become. In the ensuing thirty years, since I had that dumb
thought, I've witnessed some of the most important pivitol events of history. The "evil
empire" of the Soviet Union collapsed, Germany was re-united, the nations of Europe formed a
of union of their own, the U.S. had itself embroiled in five wars, and we, as a nation, elected the
first black Marxist president, who promises to end the Republic for all time. Yes, we certainly
live in interesting times, I just hope I live long enough to see some of the wrongs righted.
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