Waking Up From Paradise

As I’ve aged, my nightmares have ceased to be about evil clowns and being trapped in Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood to … More

President-Elect Trump and Other Near Death Experiences on Praslin

Near death experiences from the Island of pounding rain, mutant sized geckos, and President-elect Trump.

Other than one or two trucks, used for agricultural purposes, there are no motor vehicles to be found on the … More

Part 1 in Weird Correlations With Democracy: Why Clapping on an Airplane Makes You More Susceptible to Authoritarianism.

I was one of the few walking down Lenina Avenue this past Saturday, the rest of the city was running. … More

I recently introduced the topic of “pet peeves” to my class of 10 students in Baku, Azerbaijan. “A pet peeve,” … More

Watching the Edward Snowden sideshow escalate in the past week has sent increasingly violent waves of nausea through Washington even … More

Love… Happiness… Time… Life… More loaded words to give further reason to use ellipses… and then some questions. What would … More