Lafayette (et Charlie, et Ahmed) nous voici!
Last Sunday, several thousand of us…accepted the French Ambassador’s invitation to join him and other dignitaries in a silent march to honor the victims of the massacre in Paris last week…
On the Normalization of U.S.-Cuban Relations
Originally posted on Havana Special Period:
I woke up to an unexpected text message from a friend last Wednesday morning. She wrote: OH MY GOD, CUBA FREED ALAN GROSS. Or something like that. I knew right away that this piece of news would turn into an avalanche. And a look at the New York Times…
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The Great March for #ClimateAction: From LA to DC
In March of 2014, in Los Angeles, a group of idealistic, realistic, determined, devoted, concerned citizens who wanted to DO SOMETHING about climate change set out on a 3,000 mile journey–by foot–with the goal of raising awareness, and inspiring climate action…
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What Should I Do When I’m in Paris? (An Anti-Tourist Guide)
People often ask me what they should be sure to see or do while they are in Paris.
Of course the answer to this question depends a lot on who you are, what interests you, and how long you will be there….
One American Veteran’s Memory of the Battle of the Bulge
“One thing I noticed, that the Argonne Forest, so many bullets had gone through there that the trees were mostly stumps. Very few branches on the trees there…”
Keeping Immigration in Perspective
“Immigration is not a new story in this country. Almost all of our families came from somewhere else…”
Au revoir, Paris…
There is always a little bit of melancholy in the last few days I am here each year…then the whisper, or the saying-it-aloud as I head down the beautiful streets and toward the airport, at least when my kids were younger and were there with me to say it: “Au revoir, Paris, merci!”…
Hemingway’s Paris for the Budget Traveler
Is the magic still there? The good news is, yes, it is–and even better news is that you don’t have to pay inflated prices to experience it…
One American Veteran’s D-Day Story
“…being a medic, in the front lines…we were shelled a number of times…Just goes with the territory…”
Writing from the Heart, Reading for the Road 