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Tazaungdaing: Myanmar’s Festival of Lights
Tazaungdaing, also called Myanmar’s Festival of Lights, happens every year on the full moon day at the end of the eighth month of the Burmese Buddhist calendar.
Caribou, Oil and a Changing Arctic
Marco Werman’s Christmas week conversation with Jonathan Mazower of Survival International about the importance of real-life reindeer for many northern people brought a flashback to my own trip to the far north 15 years ago to report on reindeer (also known as caribou), oil, native people and a rapidly changing Arctic for the public radio program Living on Earth.
Norwegian Kicker Havard Rugland Gets Look from NY Jets After YouTube Video Goes Viral
Norwegian kicker Havard Rugland has drawn the attention of the NFL after a video he posted on YouTube went viral [...]
The Naturalization of the World’s News Editor
On December 20th, The World’s News Editor, Chris Woolf, was naturalized as a US citizen, at a ceremony with 365 other applicants at Boston’s historic Faneuil Hall. He live tweeted the whole event.
Guns and the US-Mexico Border: What ATF Agents See
The Newtown shooting and the outrage about guns, reminded me of reporting in Mexico and how easily weapons can end up in criminal hands [...]
The World’s End of the World from Around the World
I thought it would be helpful to collate some of the innumerable online bits and bobs regarded Friday’s supposed end of the world.
Will Uruguay Gay Marriage Law Change the Rules on Baby Names in Latin America?
Uruguay’s new Marriage Equality Law would allow same-sex marriages. But will the historic bill also change the rules on how babies are named in Latin America?
I Grew Up in India, Raised by an Agnostic Mother and an Atheist Father
Some of my earliest childhood memories are about awkward exchanges and uncomfortable silences between my parents and some of their friends and relatives regarding God and religion [...]
Islamabad: Capital City Created from Whole Cloth
Islamabad can be either the most boring or most wonderful city in Pakistan, depending on your tolerance for chaos.
In Spain, a Saint Who Watches Over an Abandoned Mine
A poster in Cercs’ town hall announced a dinner and dance for Saint Barbara, the patron saint of miners. There are no more miners in town, but the folks who remain try to keep the tradition alive [...]
Leaving Yangon: Myanmar Metropolis in Time Warp
I didn’t really feel the Yangon time warp until I left it. On Tuesday, after seven days in Myanmar and 55 minutes in the air, I landed in Bangkok where the reverse culture shock hit–a shock of the familiar, of the bustling, of the, well, the commerce.
My Last Days of Disco
George and I got in the scrum on the sidewalk in front of Studio 54, pressing as close to the velvet rope as possible [...]
Israel Goes It Alone
What’s the big deal with putting Jewish settlements in the 12.5 square-kilometer tract of hills east of Jerusalem called “E-1″?
Dollars and Change in Myanmar
Your ATM card won’t work in Myanmar. The latest-edition travel books travel websites, and the US Embassy will tell you that. As you may have heard, though, things here are changing.
Adapting to the Delivery Man Culture in India
There are more surprising aspects of Mumbai will be harder to incorporate into my life. Take the delivery man, for example [...]
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