I am asking this as an outsider

[hlthe2b]

92. Good overview. Thank you!

Oh, and I get the lack of appreciation for how close everything is in Europe-- and thus the intensity of Putin's threats. I, for years, have appreciated the opposite side of the coin--the irony of how people view the Northeast of the US and conversely have zero clue in trying to relate it to the West. "What do you mean it is a four-hour drive (good weather) from Denver to Grand Junction, CO or more than 5 hours across Wyoming?" 'Hard for someone living in Providence, RI, to fathom that, but it made a big difference when planning the logistics of clinical trials or other funded work in areas of the East Coast versus out West. The one area where the threats (no matter how distant) converge is with our long-forgotten trail of nuclear bomb silos from just north of Denver north to the Dakotas. Now THOSE seem quite clearly TOO close.

Good "chatting" with you, DFW, and I hope for the best (for all of us) with this neophyte Chancellor.