I find inspiration in how other countries treasure their independence and freedom, as we do ours. And today — Norway’s Constitution Day — I’m thinking of my uncle Thor, who lived through the Nazi occupation of Norway. Uncle Thor took me into Oslo’s grand City Hall to show me the huge “Mural of the Occupation” and share his story of those dark days with the visual support of powerful art. Walking slowly, with a soft voice, he narrated the story scene by scene in the present tense — as if the mura