Delta Pops For One
Last week, this column noted the escalating rapacity of the airlines in piling on fees, at least some of which… Read more »
A Cultural Thing
An Immodest Stab At Consensus-building
Post-election analyses are glumly one-sided in assessing the dubious prospects for bi-partisan progress in the offing. And today’s New York… Read more »
Nothing nude under the sun
Asian caddies could teach us a thing or two about preventing melanoma Friend and fellow golf writer Duncan Forgan has… Read more »
You know you’re in Thailand when…
you notice a highly unorthodox promotional in the pro shop: Buy a polo shirt of your choice and receive a… Read more »
Thirty-fifth “Liberation Day” observances suggest limits of historical perspective
George Bernard Shaw had a succinct, if cynical, notion of the lessons history teaches us: “We learn from history that… Read more »
Tet’s Distinctly Asian Flavor is Agreeable
Tet, the lunar new year, seems a less raucous, less extravagant affair, than New Year in the West.
Thanksgiving Day all about currency in Vietnam
The customary rap on American holidays is that they’ve become increasingly commercial endeavors, sometimes to the exclusion of pretty much… Read more »
Build it and they will complain: Land-use issues resurface on Asian frontier, with local flavor
If you are a reasonably well-traveled golfer and have never, ever questioned the wisdom of certain of golf developments you’ve… Read more »
One-word description of Vietnamese: intrepid
The ongoing debate about troop commitments to Afghanistan, along with the recent publication of two books comparing that conflict with… Read more »
