German History Buzz in the aftermath of my last newspaper column.

Since the Tribune took down its on-line forums, I've been slow to adapt to the new feature that permits comments at the conclusion of articles. Consequently, thanks to the newspaper's publisher (my boss) for e-mailing me to note this pleasant comment after my column, "Working for Herr Honecker." I've visited Mr. Dawson's web site, and if you have any interest in that area of Europe, you should consider checking, too (Andy, I'm thinking of you in particular).

Bill Dawson wrote:

Thank you for a great story! I stumbled across it via Google News search results re: Berlin Wall. This is truly the power of the internet come alive: 20, nay 10, years ago I'd never have known that a local columnist in Jeffersonville, Indiana wrote an interesting column about his summer in East Germany!

I 'tweeted' your article (GermanHistory is my Twitter account.) I run a site www.germanhistorybuzz.com in case you are interested.

Thanks again,

Bill