John "Chris" Butler has taught world history at University High School since 1979. He has won local and national recognition for his teaching, notably the Golden Apple Award given by WICD, the local NBC affiliate, Who's Who of American Teachers, and the American Historical Association's Beveridge Family Teaching Award at the AHA's national convention in 2001.

Not that such things necessarily qualify him or anyone else to publish anything, but hopefully they are some indication that he is more than casually interested in history. His lifelong passion for history is only matched by growing fears of where we could be headed because we have lost so much historical perspective. Hopefully this will help slow the bleeding.

If you have any comments, complaints, or constructive suggestions, he can be contacted at: cbutler@flowofhistory.com