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Twilight of an astronaut
Many moons ago I imagined myself an astronaut. I was [...]
Persistence before aptitude
There I was again. Hunched over my paperback Bible, stricken [...]
Bringer of bread
In the dog days of early July, when all cooling [...]
Voices of freedom
At first blush, Walter Pierce Park doesn’t look like much [...]
When hype mars history
When it comes to exaggeration and hyperbole, the Russia-Ukraine conflict has only moved an emotional world further from critical thinking, writes John Freidlander.
Hubert’s weather
In the few years before his death in the mid-1990s, [...]
Murals in a fix
The vibrant street murals of Washington, D.C., long a fixture of the capital city’s alternative art scene, are now confronted with an uncertain future. Contributor Stewart Lawrence explains why.
Come back, Good Humor Man
Strange times indeed when virus hysteria makes fear fashionable and leads moderns to forget how lucky they really are, argues John Freidlander.
Tale of two daughters
I was born in Italy, where I spent 25 years [...]
Too deep
When Alfredo Rampi was trapped in a well near Rome in June 1981, Italy came to a halt.
Hard times for cool heads
Want a lively verbal tussle with someone who's snappy and [...]
Never mind the malaria
Long before slick travel videos and multi-purpose travel apps, the Baedeker was a traveler's bible, and David Amory found a copy of Rome's 1930 version.