Nordic Tour Features Gushing Geysers, Hamlet’s Castle, Salvaged Ship
Mark Twain supposedly said, “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.” The...
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Category: Politics
Charging Rhinos, Dying Warthog Calls, Inbreeding Lions in Zululand
My two-week stint as a wildlife conservation volunteer in South Africa nearly came to a premature,...
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Up-Close Views of Wildebeest Migration, Mountain Gorillas, Mating Lions
A year ago, just before the coronavirus shut down international travel, Pat and I went on a safari...
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Cubans Are Suffering From U.S. Crackdown on Tourism
As my wife and I rode a taxi to the Havana airport after an eye-opening week in Cuba, our driver...
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Deadly Snakes, Cute Kangaroos, Bridge Climbing
<►> Opinions, Observations and Random Musings on a Whirlwind 3-Day Tour of Sydney,...
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A Journalist’s Life: From Watergate to Angie’s Tattoos
In the wee hours of June 17, 1972, while staggering home from an all-night party, I passed by the...
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JFK Conspiracy Buffs Question Lone Gunman
In my recent post about JFK assassination sites in Dallas, I mentioned that I believe Lee Harvey...
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Plaza Frozen in Time 54 Years After JFK Killing
Dealey Plaza seems frozen in time. Fifty-four years after John F. Kennedy was gunned down in broad...
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China Silences Tiananmen Anniversary
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, the most important political...
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