Life

If the stars of the generation then passing burned less brightly in the firmament, well, then it was up to me to illuminate them

Like most places in Switzerland, Davos is clean, tidy and full of prosperous, contented people

Walking around the dreary streets of the city, I worry what we’ll leave behind us in this annus horribilis

Dating in a pandemic is no picnic

Happy Christmas, y’all

There is indeed greatness in much of Wagner’s music. Pace Herr Nietzsche, he could write rhythm

The 19th Amendment is a matter of Upstate New York regional pride

My inbox has been literally inundated with more than several emails beseeching my guidance on every progressive topic under the sun

Ngapali, on the Bay of Bengal, is pronounced ‘Napoli’ and is said to be Burma’s answer to Naples

‘For four years I’ve woken up in my Brooklyn apartment, heart heavy with the knowledge that I am living under the tyrannical rule of a madman’

The United States has been no more racist, unequal and oppressive than most racially pluralist countries

A few years ago, for reasons I can’t recall, I acquired a donkey hut in the Molise

What’s happened to American culture?

It took me 30 years of traveling to learn that my Heimat is Prussia

A school, whether consisting of one room or 20 rooms, ought to embody and reinforce a sense of place

By Day 11, I understand why my windows are sealed shut and why I am not allowed knives