This week Berliners have been celebrating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. This concrete barrier, which split the city […]
Mosaics of the Byzantine Empire
My journey to learn the secrets of mosaics began while I was working in Los Angeles in 1990. At the […]
The Muisca and the Search for El Dorado
Gold makes monsters of men. –Erin Bowman, Vengeance Road Gold, glory and God The origins of the quest for El […]
Kurds: “We have no friends but the mountains”
This week, following the Trump Administration’s betrayal of a long-time Middle East ally, I received a message containing these words […]
Ancient Petra: The City of Stone
As the coarse sand and scree crunched under the weight of my moving feet, I passed through one narrow bend […]
The ART of Politics
While the Trump era has provided endless opportunities for journalists to come up with fresh ways to report on domestic […]
And our STRUGGLE continues…
The message Sinead O’Conner delivered in her dramatic performance on Saturday Night Live back in 1992 is just as powerful […]
Amazing Bogotá Street Art #2
As I wrote in The Amazing Street Art Scene in Bogotá, Colombia’s sprawling, high-altitude capital is a veritable feast for […]
The Disunited States of Fear
Here we are again (and again and again and again…[queue the refrain]…) in the aftermath of more mass murders in […]
Climbing Medieval Towers in Bologna, Italy
Humanity has long been preoccupied with building towers that give the illusion of reaching the heavens. The Biblical story of […]
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