The greening of a hitcher
I was hitchhiking the other day and a hearse stopped. I said, ‘No thanks, I’m not going that far.’ • [...]
The greatest of blunders
Civil war continues raging unabated in Syria, with the murky conflict in its ninth year. Some 3,500 noncombatants have died [...]
Corona “world-closing” not the answer
Writing from Florence, columnist Henry Bennett sees far more harm than good coming from the existing approach.
Notes from the virus trenches
Former U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt once made an unusual suggestion about how people should lead their lives. "Do one [...]
Deep, dark, and funny
Should this image of the Paris catacoombs disturb you? Ask columnist Henry Bennett, whose 50 years of travel (mis)adventures include locking himself in with the skulls.
Five decades of moments
With age, comes wisdom. With travel, comes understanding. • Canadian author Sandra Lake This New Year's marked the 50th anniversary [...]
Of monks, monkeys, and kids
The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To [...]
When tourism goes mad
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. • Confucius Last year, Conde [...]
The kisses left behind
When good Americans die, they go to Paris. • Oscar Wilde In the end, Paris will defeat a writer. But [...]
The man who wasn’t there
Emmanuel Mbasha was a proud member of the Chagga tribe and came from the Machame district of Tanzania, at the [...]
One beautiful mess
Everything you see I owe to pasta. • Sophia Loren Italy has been resting on its laurels for countless generations. [...]
Our kid in Moscow
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. • T.S. Eliot I [...]