Apparently last week I compared our happy, friendly, Judeo-Christian view on women to that of our theological cousins in Islam. I guess I said both their modesty mores are arcane traditions woven into the fabric of societies based on oppressive, misogynistic religions. Well, it’s a week later, I’ve gotten some complaints, and’ve had time to …
I hate television. I don’t think I’ve ever owned one that got channels. I have to admit though, occasionally through cultural osmosis a show or a character will capture my attention, and hold the poor hyperactive little thing hostage until it wastes away. They can’t survive in captivity, you know. My favorite shows often are …
To your surprise you wake up alone. It’s not your bed but that was expected. It’s still and dark outside, the person who’s bed your in once explained, “If New York is the city that never sleeps, Boston is the one that goes to bed at a reasonable hour.” Last-call at 01:00? Who ever heard …
As a younger traveler, I’d march through the airport draped in rags held together with chains, safety-pins, and bits of shredded patriotism. Like gutter royalty I wore a crown of multicolored dreadlocks spiking in every direction. Upon my shoulders hung all the weight of the world in a pack with an upside-down American flag on …