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We’ll always have Paris...
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I was 39 years old when I made my first trip to Europe. Poverty was the main reason it took me so long, an affliction that working as a freelance journalist in Los Angeles did not help to cure. But when my mother di...
Interlude in Annecy.
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I’ve been on holiday in France the past couple of weeks, although I have not yet had a chance to post the reflections I had promised about returning to the place I lived for 30 years after an eight year absence. That will pro...
"Pro-Palestinian" and "Pro-Israel" are tribal terms that obfuscate basic human rights.
Professor Derek Peterson’s address begins about 2:00:30 on the video.
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Note: I have written before, and will repeat here, that the biggest blow American Jews could deal to antisemitism would be for all of us to stand up with...
When the Hagiography Stops and the Truth-Telling Begins: The Legacy of E.O. Wilson.
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Note: From time to time this newsletter republishes articles we think readers might not have seen or would not mind seeing again or that newer readers never did see. This is one of those times.
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De passage en passage...
Trois des passages couverts de Paris.
This is just a prelude to what might be two or three posts from France, where my wife and I lived for 30 years before returning (me) and emigrating (her) to the United States. The reasons for leaving w...
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Michael Balter is a journalist/journalism instructor based near NYC. Over 40+ years, he has written for Science, Scientific American, NYT, WaPo, SciAm, L.A. Times, CJR, Bon Appetit, Islands, SAPIENS, etc.
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