The first installment in my new global blog post series is Afghanistan. I do not want to visit, because it has been at war for 40 years. Afghanistan is caught among China, Iran, Pakistan, and a host of former Soviet Republics. The Soviet invasion was followed by the military and religious rule of the Taliban,… [Read More]
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I Can’t Travel, but I Can Read
I just finished reading Andrew Solomon’s book Far and Away: How Travel Can Change the World, which is really good. He is a wonderful writer and reporter. But the book made me sad for two reasons. First, very few magazines pay for and publish the long and detailed pieces that Solomon did these days. Second,… [Read More]
