The Scene of my Defection
Revisiting the great Indian city where, 30 years ago, I came out of the Soviet cocoon.
Insurance Without Access
For children, public health insurance is no panacea.
¡Bienvenidos a Buenos Aires!
Now, put your hands up.
Doctor By Default
Some physicians can’t imagine doing anything else. I’m the other kind.
Across the Great Divide
Hiking over the hump of the continent, and something else.
Drinking the Passion-Flavored Kool-Aid
Why modern entrepreneurs won’t succeed under the influence.
Girls Gone Wild
A misadventure in the Peruvian Andes reveals the perils of innocence.
Among the Asylum Seekers
“Refugees arrive at our offices early. Often a line starts forming by 5:30 a.m.”
Galway Girl
“I longed to lose myself in the waitressing world again.”
Consolation Hymn of the Pussycat Dad
Sports, parenthood, and the virtues of finishing in 26th place.
Art With Punch
Worth 1,000 words.
Exit Laughing
How many of us can say that the last words we heard from a sick friend made us roar with laughter?
Tour of Duty
Four decades after Vietnam, a former soldier mounts a different mission.
Down and Out in Ireland and Greece
Does the debt crisis in Europe spell the end of the single currency?
All The Live Long Night
Four in the morning is the new midnight.
My Ivy-Strangled Valentine
“It was in the CUPID line that I noticed Steve K.”
On The Road
From Peking to Paris in a 1932 Plymouth.
After WikiLeaks
Overreaction could do more damage than anything revealed
in the leaked diplomatic cables.
Jailbreak
“I thought back to my college biology class, but nothing came to mind.”
Lesson Plan
“I sell love.”
The Wounded Wore Aftershave
One day in a doctor’s life at the 399th Combat Support Hospital in Iraq.
Train Hoping
What will it take for the US to build a high-speed rail system?
To eRead or Not to eRead
Should I get over my crush on print culture and buy a Kindle already?
The First Day of Peace
World War II ended on September 2, 1945. For two alumni, something strange happened next.