A few days before he took his last, mercifully peaceful, breath, my husband, Ian Reinecke, looked at me intently and asked, Is there anything going on in the world I need to know about? No, nothing, I said as calmly as I could to the man with whom I had intensely discussed events in the world and at home for nearly 50 years.
There was outrage when Ursula von der Leyen's European Commission urged citizens to stockpile emergency kits for potential threats, including war, climate change, and natural disasters.