I begin this post with a confession, or maybe it’s just an admission. But it’s controversial and I’m taking the chance that some readers might be pissed off at me.…
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I will begin with a little confessional. I decided to take a nom de plume—Sébastian Gerard (you already know who I really am)—back in 2004 when I commenced my first…
The obit/tributes to Anthony Bourdain continue to pour in. As a former tour guide, independent traveler and resident abroad it is almost reflexive to draw some contrasts with our different…
Las Vegas is a fake city, a national casino, whorehouse, and gun show venue founded by organized crime in the desert and dressed up in the icons of real cities.…
I recently received a letter (not in email; a paper letter) from one of my granddaughters. It is a treasure that will keep, as I have for many years…
November 9 was an epiphany day for me in some ways. I have not watched a news program, MSNBC, or listed to an NPR or PBS broadcast since that day.…
Don’t shoot! I’m white Since it has been all over the media everyone must have some awareness of the incident at he Cincinnati Zoo of the 4-yr-old boy who…
A few years ago I was riding on the light rail system in Hong Kong’s New Territories. I was sitting in front of a bulkhead with a glass frame for…
I don’t run my life according to too many rules, which might have something to do with my first rule, which is Don’t have too many rules (perhaps…
There has been, both regrettably and necessarily, much discussion about rape in America these days—about its occurrence on campuses and especially in frat houses, and in the houses of Congress…
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