Category Archives: Commentary

Road Trip! Friday, August 12, 2011-Blue Ridge Parkway

Posted on August 14, 2011 by author

I am driving down the Blue Ridge Parkway in southern Virginia.  The top is down for the first time, the roadside barns and split rail fences are the only sign of man, the road winds out like a long sleek … Continue reading →

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The Flight from Hell: Air Baltic

Posted on August 4, 2011 by author

I am flying from St. Petersburg to Moscow today and, though I am not running late, my Armenian cab driver must think so, because my he is hammering down the highway like he’s Dale Earnhart, Jr. on the backstretch at Daytona

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As American as Apple Pie, Kiev, and Rock n’ Roll

Posted on July 18, 2011 by author

I have walked down two flights of stairs under Kiev’s city center and past a giant bouncer into what used to be a Soviet-era nuclear fallout bunker. 

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