Taking the liberty to re-post from my friend Tom Rink’s blog, The Gun-Carryin’ Librarian. I follow it regularly, ’cause Tom is always coming up with good stuff. Like this: “Teenage Italian Talent” http://www.wimp.com/threetenors Take a look. You won’t be disappointed. And weren’t we talking about passion just the other day? This is the real thing!
Kenya: The New Way
Back in Nairobi to continue my work, and happy to be back. There’s still a touch of Kenya’s “winter” in the air, but anyone arriving from America’s East Coast is not going to mind. Because Nairobi is so high, it’s relatively cool most of the time anyway, and these days of 55-70 F are hardly …
Passion – The New Ambition?
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is having some fun with its magazine this month. Holland Herald, tucked into the pocket at each seat, is always a good read, and for August KLM the magazine has shaped itself as an “issue subject.” The editors are calling it “the passion issue” and it’s full of interesting, sometimes charming, …
Appreciating America: Notes from New York
The title is a bit off, for these thoughts are not an extensive commentary on life in New York. Nor is this to be the first of one of those “notes-on-living-in-the-big-city” series of essays. This is simply a brief excursion into an appreciative few words about where I live and why I – like so …
Murdering Humanitarians – Hatefulness at Large
Is there any way to end the hatefulness in the world? I am shocked to read two lead stories in today’s papers, both on the front page of The New York Times. One story describes the angry resistance to building mosques in some parts of America. While the controversy over the proposed mosque and cultural …
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