So one more for the year. First, my sincerest thanks to Olivia Witherite, our videographer and digital editor, and Pete Kerzel, our content editor. They are the best. Their earnest interest in Hitting ...

Can we even begin to understand what people went through in the Great Depression, World War I, World War II or the Dust Bowl? Are we so concentrated on the now that we fail to see how the "then" ...