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Back in July 2007, I used this space to provide some impressions of rapidly changing Italy, as a person who was born and partly raised there and who has spent some long periods of time in the country. Today, one … Continue reading →

Today’s New York Times has the usual tales of woe: our new Iraqi allies, the Sunnis, are targeting our erstwhile allies the police and tribal chiefs, for death; it seems that the Bush friends who are managing the oil drilling … Continue reading →

It is really difficult in this day and age to experience discrimination as a white man, but there’s one Japanese restaurant in Beaverton where you can have just that. I won’t mention its name, just because I’m nice and I … Continue reading →

Update on my previous post: Just as occurred to Rohinton Mistry a year or so ago, musicologist Nalini Ghuman has been brutally denied re-entry into the U.S., as reported today in the New York Times. She’s British, of Welsh and … Continue reading →

There is one other reason, besides food, that I prefer to shop at New Seasons or Whole Foods rather than the older supermarket chains. Before the racks of celebrity rags at Safeway and Albertsons, my appetite always dissipates to be … Continue reading →