Those in the military wage war. They travel long distances, they wreck things, they kill people, they are killed by people, and they suffer. This is not child’s play. It is an immense act of service. They give their lives…
I Even after a lapse of more than 20 years, I can still see it in my mind’s eye: a Tang-era molded earthenware horse figurine, its head turned resolutely to the left, its back legs ever so slightly bent in…
When New York City’s crime and grime get you down, it’s a breeze to leave. So, I did. Newark Airport, one of Gotham’s three airborne escape routes, took me to Amsterdam for the weekend. Trains into town are a snap:…
I first discovered HBO’s hit series The White Lotus through the hosts of the controversial Red Scare podcast, upon whom two of the characters in the first season were based. Director Mike White inhabits the cultural realm of the podcasters…
It started back in the 1980s with the construction of Aker Brygge, a tourist-trappy wharf on the Oslo Fjord packed with pricey restaurants and bars. In 2008 came the eye-catching, blindingly white Opera House, which, poised at water’s edge, was…
Augustus Welby Pugin (1812–1852) is in the news these days in the United Kingdom because he designed the iconic London Clock Tower, popularly known as “Big Ben,” whose scaffolding has now come down after five years to reopen this spring….
My parents were very different people from very different backgrounds, but they bonded over at least two things: movies and music. While their tastes in film overlapped heavily, he liked a lot of movies she didn’t care for — such…
I blame my parents, first, and a great friend of nearly four decades, second, for my collecting addiction. Without a wife at home to tell me no, I always find room for another fine acquisition. My interests are eclectic, including…
Since lately haters insult me a little less than usual, I am about to sign an elitist and classist article. Is Itxu Díaz really elitist? Very much so. From the moment I wake until lunchtime, and then for the rest…
