This week, following the Trump Administration’s betrayal of a long-time Middle East ally, I received a message containing these words […]
Coal and the Price of Prosperity
Working as a miner has long been one of the most perilous occupations on the planet. As the ancient Romans […]
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 […]
John Pavlovitz’s “Stuff That Needs To Be Said”
A brilliant post by North Carolina minister John Pavlovitz from his blog Stuff That Needs to Be Said. The One […]
Living one’s life as an example
Hatred is poison. How inherently confusing the world must be for children growing up today. They are constantly bombarded by […]
