Remembering Check Point Charlie: A Glimpse into East Berlin’s PastJuly 15, 2014[draft] New York, N.Y. In high school, I visited Berlin and traveled through Check Point Charlie to visit the eastern...Read More
The Warsaw Pact: A Cold War Legacy Still Resonating TodayJuly 15, 2014The pact, which consisted of the Soviet Union and seven of its satellite states, was a formidable military force. It...Read More
Forgotten Lives: German POW’s in France During World War IJuly 4, 2014Photo: German prisoners in a French prison camp. Credit: French Pictorial Service., 1917-19. xxx New York, N.Y. During World War...Read More
German Author Hermann HesseJune 19, 2014[draft] [Luce Index™ Score: 95] Hermann Hesse. German Author Hermann Hesse (June 19, 2014)Read More
Jim Luce Writes on ScandinaviaJune 19, 2011Photo: The Royal Danish Opera House at Copenhagen. Credit: Claudine Daemen/Flickr. Follow Jim Luce on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, and...Read More
Crossing Siberia by Train and Plane: From the Pacific to MoscowJuly 10, 2010The region is home to some of the world’s most remarkable landscapes, including Lake Baikal, the deepest and oldest freshwater...Read More
Lech Wałęsa: Champion of Solidarity and Global DemocracyJuly 9, 2010In 1980, Wałęsa co-founded Solidarity (Solidarność), the first independent labor union in a Soviet-bloc country. Solidarity quickly grew into a...Read More