I live on the seventh floor in a moderately urbanized city. From my window, all I see is concrete. I…
“Let us remember the wise words of Joseph Conrad: “The sea has never been friendly to man. At most, it…
Good morning, kids. Without wanting to cramp your creativity, I’m asking for a little quiet. And for those of you…
Rome fell, above all, because of internal corruption. The Chinese Empire collapsed from abuse of power. The Byzantine Empire disintegrated…
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I thank God I became a journalist because it spared me from becoming a publicist. Besides being a straight white…
Journalism is all about doing things that are downright rude: eavesdropping on other people’s conversations, spilling secrets that are supposed…
The difference between good analysis and bad analysis is whether you dig into the root causes or just skim the…
I woke up feeling a bit out of it and made the mistake of checking my brain’s appendix — my…
Extreme sports are just that — extreme. At my age, every sport feels like an extreme sport, except maybe chess…
