Summer Postcards 2008
Breakfast in Cantonese
HONG KONG — I know where to get the best dim sum. I've printed out listings of swanky restaurants. I'm
Finance in the Third World
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Maddox Jolie-Pitt and landmines. That was pretty much the extent of my knowledge about this exotic
A Walk Past the White House
WASHINGTON — A small group of kids curiously approach a poster of maimed infants entitled, “Children of the Gulf War.”
An Inescapable History
NEW YORK — The recent parade of current and former Bush administration officials through Congress has offered each ignoble public
China's Forgotten People
ERDOS CITY, China — Am I really here? The question that has so far defined my time in China never
Salud!
BARCELONA, Spain — On the first night of my summer study abroad program, our teaching fellow led 15 jet-lagged Harvard
Home
NAPERVILLE, Ill. — The field behind my childhood home is hardly pastoral. It exists out of necessity: its long and
Giving 'Em Heller
WASHINGTON — "Don't say my name out loud." That's the first thing Dick Heller told me as we stood outside
100 Percent of Both
ACCRA, Ghana — According to a select group of hormonal Ghanaian men, I am the promised land of sex and
Going to Stay
LONDON — When I arrived here this summer, I expected to experience the same degree of culture shock I felt
Unconventional
SAINT PAUL, Minnesota — I am not a writer. Yet, somehow, I’ve found myself in the press office of the
Pot of Gold
Rózan, Poland — Aside from a few stores that marked Independence Day with sales of American-themed items, consisting mostly of
Of Beards and Beers
PORTLAND, Ore. — Tracing this story back to its beginning means tracing my beard back to its wispy roots. They
A Life of Crime
“The way I see it, living in New Jersey is a challenge, what with the toxic waste and the eighteen-wheelers