May 31, 2005
Gulag reality tours in Croatia?
The following comes from the "Readings" section in the June 2005 issue of Harper's: [Renovation] SET A COURSE FOR INDENTURE...Read this article
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May 30, 2005
The West is not necessarily to blame for Muslim woes
From Husain Haqqani's "Why Muslims always blame the West", International Herald Tribune, October 16, 2004: "The Palestinian issue and the...Read this article
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May 27, 2005
DATW in Mobil One ads
A few months after the completion of Land Rover's Drive Around the World expedition (for which I served as writer-in-residence...Read this article
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May 25, 2005
Everywhere you go, the sky is the same color
"Everywhere you go, the sky is the same color." --Persian saying...Read this article
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May 20, 2005
Elite travel in the year 2020
The Australian Financial Review recently dedicated an issue to musings about the future, calling on various pundits, futurists, and consultants...Read this article
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May 19, 2005
The Road Less Traveled: The Future of Travel
The Road Less Traveled By Peter Huck "One only has to look at the past to judge the direction élite...Read this article
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May 18, 2005
People I Wanted to Be, by Gina Ochsner
While browsing a bookstore in Florida last week, I was startled to discover that my old college friend Gina...Read this article
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May 16, 2005
A primer for paying bribes in Russia
The following comes from the "Readings" section in the May 2005 issue of Harper's: [Etiquette] GETTING TO DA From Russian...Read this article
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May 13, 2005
A Sense of Place in SoCal
Michael Shapiro is still on tour promoting his excellent 2004 travel book, A Sense of Place: Great Travel Writers Talk...Read this article
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May 11, 2005
J. Maarten Troost at RolfPotts.com
This month at RolfPotts.com, I interview J. Maarten Troost, author of the hilarious 2004 travel book The Sex Lives of...Read this article
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May 09, 2005
Travel classics in Bookmarks Magazine
The May/June issue of Bookmarks Magazine has a feature on adventure travel books, and I serve as a panelist along...Read this article
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May 04, 2005
Paris writing workshop registration still open
Though the initial enrollment deadline for my creative writing workshop in Paris was last week, I've just been informed...Read this article
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May 02, 2005
David Brooks on travel snobs
The following passage is from David Brook's 2000 book Bobos in Paradise. It makes an interesting comparison to Paul Fussell's...Read this article
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