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January 26, 2005

The trouble with resisting temptation

"The trouble with resisting temptation is that it may never come again." Note: Michael Shapiro passed along the above quote,...
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January 25, 2005

Mongolia: What's in a name?

The following list of names, which recently appeared in Harper's, caught my eye because I've come across similar names in...
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January 20, 2005

Jonathan Raban on neocon foreign policy

"There's a sort of corrupted idealism about the insanely innocent Wolfowitz plan for the Middle East, the domino theory in...
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January 18, 2005

True epiphany lies in the unexpected

"That is at bottom the only courage that is demanded of us: to have the courage for the most strange,...
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January 14, 2005

Travelers, and grassroots tsunami aid

I've been encouraged in recent days by the amount of grassroots effort on the part of travelers to help the...
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January 13, 2005

Wanderlust can be a lifelong endeavor

"I suspect it's impossible for some people to stay in one place for good, once they've left the city of...
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January 12, 2005

Larry Bleiberg on travel writing for newspapers

This month at the RolfPotts.com Writers page, I interview Larry Bleiberg, who has been travel editor of The Dallas Morning...
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January 10, 2005

Pico Iyer on the importance of seeing the world

"I think the most dangerous thing in a world that is ever more connected is to close your eyes and...
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January 04, 2005

Please give 10% (and travel to Thailand)

I am still dealing with limited online access in New Orleans, but I wanted to post a quick couple of...
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