I stayed home from church Sunday with a sick child, so I checked out my church’s website, looking for a broadcast or a podcast to listen to. I found an interview with a man who had escaped from East Germany about 1950.

He said that the air had felt oppressive in East Germany, that you weren’t free to say what you thought, that you were always wondering about other people and whether you could trust them, that it was very depressing and how they had appreciated coming to America, and the differences.

Here’s hoping that the air in Iran changes very soon.