"There Was No Plane Crash," in Ashgabat
Jessica Hayden has written wonderful stories for GoNOMAD about central Asia. Below is a snip from a recently published article in the AFSA magazine about Turkenistan. “My thoughts drift back to a friend’s return flight to Ashgabat. As the plane prepared to land, it tipped to the left and then, […]
A Photo Show Like No Other at the Cafe
Our first ever art opening was a success at the cafe last night. Rick and Suzanna came and so did Cindy, Jack and some of the photographers who had gone on the trip to Sicily. A few of our regulars also came by, the photographs on the computer screens looked […]
You Can’t Ask Bobby Any More
This morning’s Boston Herald’s Inside Track had the sad story about an unpaid writing gig. “The treatment I received from the Boston Globe and its Web site boston.com was outrageous,” Godes said. “(They) expected me to write a daily relationships blog/online advice column for one full year without any expectation […]
Bush in Budapest Doesn’t Tell the Real Story
Last June I was in Budapest, in the same spot near the regal Parliament building as our president was yesterday. Bush made a speech to celebrate Hungary’s resistance in 1956 to Soviet Russia…an effort that failed, partly because the US did nothing to help. In the Washington Post, Charles Gati […]
Shouldn’t Billionaires Have Deeper Things to Worry About?
Tom Dahlberg, an AP sports columnist, got it right when he ripped Mark Cuban. Mostly because this billionaire owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks has become the focus of television coverage over his bad behavior and millions in league fines. And ABC TV can’t stop showing the whiny foot stomping […]
Telling Him Yes on 11 Across and 14 Down
The SF Gate published a profile of Will Shortz–puzzle-master from the NY Times. “Shortz, an avuncular, mustachioed man of 53, has become famous for his clues. Under the sharp point of his witty pencil, the clue for DERRIERES goes from the predictable “tushes” to the devilish “many moons?” For GRANDMA, […]
In a Well-Armed World, Fewer Reasons to Fear Us
Robert D. Kaplan wrote in the Washington Post in April about what we really should be afraid of. “Despite the dangers they represent, such crushing, Dear Leader tyrannies are not our major concern. The future problems of the United States lie more with regimes that thrive on information exchanges with […]
Fun Facts About America’s Favorite Fuel
I learned a little bit about gas today at lunch. On the History channel was “Gasoline,” the story of the world’s favorite fuel. Among the grainy shots of old oil derricks was newer footage of the process of refining crude oil into gas. They showed jolly looking antique trucks that […]