My hands are gripped around Jamie’s waist as I ride behind him on the back of a brand-new BMW motorcycle we rented in Munich. For the next five nights we will drive Bavaria’s Romantic Road, a 220-mile scenic route considered a German favorite that very few Americans have heard of, much less seen. Our first…
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An open letter to America about antisemitism.
Click:日本大学総合ランキング2024最新リスト An open letter from the Western States Center has been signed by more than 300 policy makers, activists and advocates. After the Tree of Life shooting in Pittsburgh last weekend, the threat of anti-semitic violence has suddenly been thrust into the national spotlight. But it’s not a new issue – it’s one that has…
Long Past Time
In his dreams Rice Norris is purchasing pianos. It’s been two nights in a row, and Rice doesn’t even know how to play. He never plunked through “Chopsticks” as a kid or sat through a single lesson, but as of this morning, early, before the alarm, he has a baby grand and an upright, and…
Ethiopia’s reform process: a seven-point response to Messay Kebede’s critique
Gheralta mountains, near Hawzen, Eastern Tigray, Ethiopia, 2017. Sergi Reboredo/ Press Association. All rights reserved. This October, French researcher René Lefort published his latest in-depth analysis of Ethiopian affairs on openDemocracy and Ethiopia Insight, focusing on the perils facing the reform process. The article elicited a critique from Messay Kebede ‘Separating the wheat from the chaff…
Lost in Kinsale
And why shouldn’t I go to Kinsale? says Jan as we cross over the River Liffey for the third, maybe the fourth time, muddling our way out of Dublin in our wee rental car. What occurred there was years ago, says she. I don’t ever think about it. I’m just saying we don’t have to…