THE DEATH OF SOCRATES – Visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) is one of my favorite pastimes when I’m in New York City. I like to wander through its vast galleries, my course of Read more…
KILLING FIELDS OF CAMBODIA tells a tragic story that unfolded between 1975 and 1979 under a brutal regime—the Khmer Rouge. Under the dictatorship of Pol Pot, a drastic Marxist social engineering was imposed, an experiment Read more…
Siege of Sarajevo April 1992 to February 1996 SIEGE OF SARAJEVO lasted for 1,425 days. In the history of modern warfare, this was the longest siege of a city. Longer than the World War 2’s Read more…
Taking Goethe’s Favorite Ancient Bridge SPOLETO in Umbria Italy was one of our favorite places to visit on weekend trips when we lived in Napoli. Only a three-hour drive north from Rome, this medieval split-level Read more…
Hurry Before It’s Gone TSUKIJI FISH MARKET is slated for the chopping block. At one o’clock a.m., our alarm blares. We wake up in a hotel room in Ginza. We take a quick shower, get Read more…
Down the 26-Switchback Trail KALAUPAPA is today’s destination on our week-long trip to Molokai, Hawaii. Early in the morning, high up in the misty reaches of the northern mountains of Molokai, we arrive at Uncle Read more…