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Category: Insights

Apollo 11 patch
July 12, 2019December 27, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

“One small step for man…”

Germany before World War I
May 19, 2019April 25, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

The Pre-Something Era

May 9, 2019 Matthew Arnold Stern

Change often comes uninvited

An April Fool's Day cartoon from 1979
March 29, 2019March 31, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

Learn to laugh at yourself

March 10, 2019 Matthew Arnold Stern

20 things I regret

February 18, 2019 Matthew Arnold Stern

Dressing like a “loser”

December 26, 2018June 15, 2021 Matthew Arnold Stern

1979 and 2019

December 8, 2018December 11, 2022 Matthew Arnold Stern

Lessons from 2018: Five things I learned

Pocket watch chain, as in The Gift of the Magi
November 25, 2018December 23, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

Sacrifice and “The Gift of the Magi”

November 14, 2018 Matthew Arnold Stern

Gratitude when you’ve lost everything

October 15, 2018 Matthew Arnold Stern

Give yourself permission to…

August 25, 2018August 27, 2018 Matthew Arnold Stern

Am I good enough?

Portraits of Mary Ann Henderson and Aaron Feis side-by side
August 7, 2018January 2, 2026 Matthew Arnold Stern

You won’t get over it

Granddaughter
August 1, 2018July 7, 2024 Matthew Arnold Stern

What’s special about education

April 5, 2018 Matthew Arnold Stern

Getting out of your own way

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