Christopher Columbus was an explorer and entrepreneur – everyone knows that part, right? But you might not know that one of Columbus’ main business ventures was enslaving human beings – Africans in his early career and so-called Indians when he arrived in the Caribbean. Columbus had already been a slave trader for 12 years for Portugal prior to sailing across the Atlantic Ocean for the Spanish – it was his profession (the headline on his…

destructive. sudden. arbitrary. powerful. looming. Wildfires are many things to those affected by them and to those just following from afar. I am always impressed by how organized and calculated the scores of firefighters are in applying resources, attacking the fires and defending life and property. I feel awe at the sometimes massive blazes. My hope in humanity strengthens as neighbors help neighbors, strangers donate money and other resources, and firefighters from other states and…