Standing Still When No One Else Will

My friend Charlie and I stared into the room, mouths agape. There on the floor before us, rolling about on a bunch of mismatched mattresses, were a half dozen naked people, interacting in an unmistakably affectionate manner. It was hot and I began to sweat. I had never seen, well, an orgy before, much less been invited to one. Actually we hadn’t been invited. And we weren’t going to be. Charlie looked at me deadpan and stated the obvious [...]

Halloween in Europe

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Halloween is the jumping off point for the Geo Quiz this time. The place we’re looking for is in Europe, but in at least one village, you’ll find witches, warlocks, ghosts and goblins, and some very excited children. The World’s Clark Boyd has a young daughter who’s raring to go trick-or-treating in our mystery country. Download MP3
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Talking Travel: Halloween hijinks near and far

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In this episode of our travel podcast, we ponder some seriously scary Halloween destinations. We’ve got haunted castles in Transylvania, Mexico’s Day of the Dead, and even a major Halloween festival in Hong Kong. Listen in to find out where in the world to get spooked this Halloween. (Photo: Craig Heimburger)

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Global political cartoons: October 24-30, 2009

Halloween has found its way into this week’s cartoons but the scary images are not witches or goblins but pumpkins wearing face masks and sneezing trick-or-treaters. It’s the ghostly spirit of the H1N1 flu. And, the new sexy: hand sanitizers.

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