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Celebrating Berlin’s East Side Gallery

Celebrating Berlin’s East Side Gallery

This week Berliners have been celebrating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. This concrete barrier, which split the city […]

November 10, 2019 59
Mosaics of the Byzantine Empire

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 […]

October 27, 2019 96
The Muisca and the Search for El Dorado

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 […]

October 20, 2019 58
Kurds: “We have no friends but the mountains”

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 […]

October 12, 2019 65
Ancient Petra: The City of Stone

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 […]

September 29, 2019 70
The ART of Politics

The ART of Politics

While the Trump era has provided endless opportunities for journalists to come up with fresh ways to report on domestic […]

September 14, 2019 56
And our STRUGGLE continues…

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 […]

September 5, 2019 44
Amazing Bogotá Street Art #2

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 […]

August 15, 2019 60
The Disunited States of Fear

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 […]

August 9, 2019 55
Climbing Medieval Towers in Bologna, Italy

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 […]

August 4, 2019 69

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