Archive for May, 2011
Life lessons, from Cuba
Habana vintage For two weeks, I saw not a single advertisement for a corporation, not a company’s name at all, unless it was under the command of the Cuban government. It is the exact opposite of the shock of those pictures of random Hong Kong or Shanghai alleyways, that flash thousands of signs, brand names, [...]
May 30th, 2011Osama bin Laden brings back to the headlines our ten years of war, complicated emotions, and a distinct era in American life and remembrance
I made a special effort to listen to yesterday’s broadcast of The World, my favorite radio program, as I wanted to listen to as much commentary and reflection on the death of Osama bin Laden as I could. Sunday night became a sweeping stretch: hours of news broadcasts, Twitter basically exploding with records numbers of [...]
May 3rd, 2011