04/28/2025
Yesterday at a social event I met two visiting professors and their child from Eastern Europe.Their careers have taken them here, into the Eastern United States, into Western Europe.
Talking to each of them at separate moments, the spoke effusively about the quality of life, quality of place they experience here. They are truly amazed and grateful for their time here.
In a time that deeply challenges us, we should take a moment to be proud and reflect, locally, on our strength, our resolve, our way of life. It is our midwestern values, our pragmatism, our hope for better for most everyone that defines us. Let's not ever forget that.