Some Bridges Must Be Burned

“If I were you I’d hire a bodyguard because people are going to show you what it’s like to live … More

Hold Your Applause

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

A couple of weeks ago I was sipping limoncello on a balcony overlooking the lower Amalfi Coast, but it feels … More

The passport desk is an interesting place. All that separates you from entering, or in this case leaving, a country … More

Whoever it was that conceived of the word “tedious” must have spent some portion of his or her life as … More

I’m on the new express train running from Kharkiv to Kiev in a record four and a half hours. These … More