Fifty-five years ago today, East Germany began constructing the Berlin Wall in order to stop the flood of citizens attempting enter to democratic West Germany. A few months ago, I sat in theaters watching Bridge of Spies, set in the thick of the Cold War.…
Ironically, I wrote this post a week before seeing the Sainsbury’s ad telling the same story. I thought about changing it but decided a powerful story can always use another retelling. It is December 24, 1914. The night is dark and bitterly cold, with a…