In retrospect Sandy Hook marked the end of the US gun control debate. Once America decided killing children was bearable, it was over. — (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) June 19, 2015 Thanks to globalization, we Americans live in a world where more and more of us have deep ties outside the United States. This can be …
I figure people like Maureen and Tony Wheeler would think I’m soft. Those two are the founders of Lonely Planet, the ubiquitous (and now completely changed) travel guide company. I relied on one of their earliest guides — India, 1981 — to get through travels in that byzantine labyrinth of a country back in 1982-83. …
I was on a press trip to Trinidad and Tobago. Nearly all of my expenses — flights, hotels, meals, including this damned sandwich — were paid for by Trinidad/Tobago Tourism. “You gotta have the bake and shark.” “Have you had a bake and shark yet?’ “The bake and shark is the best sandwich I’ve ever …
I was on an all expenses paid trip to Trinidad and Tobago.
I’m on a press trip to Trinidad and Tobago. Nearly all of my expenses — flights, hotels, meals — were paid for by Trinidad/Tobago Tourism. The bay looked very flat from the shore so I threw caution to the wind and joined the group when they boarded the glass bottomed boat to the reef. Thing …