Incarceration in America

13 years ago

It is one of the great scandals of American life. Mass incarceration is a fundamental fact in America today, on…

Gun Control in America

13 years ago

Excerpts from an article in the December, 2012 Atlantic Magazine by Jeffrey Goldberg titled THE CASE FOR MORE GUNS (AND…

The Truth About Health Care in the USA

13 years ago

(Excerpted from Time March 4, 2013 - Bitter Pill - How Outrageous pricing and egregious profits are destroying our health…

SRI LANKA – Hill Country, Ancient Cities, East, South, Colombo

13 years ago

SRI LANKA March 13 - April 2, 2013. HILL COUNTRY From Delhi, I flew via Chennai to Colombo. Within 20…

SRI LANKA – Facts

13 years ago

HISTORY The problem here is that there are two completely different versions, depending on if you are Sinhalese or Tamil,…

Summary of My Experience in India

13 years ago

INDIA November 17, 2012 - March 13, 2013. (more…)

Practical Travel Advice in India

13 years ago

VISAS In my experience India has the most difficult visa application problems of any country (I'm sure there are worse,…

INDIA – Amritsar, McLeod Ganj, Manali, Rishikesh, Agra, Khajuraho, Delhi

13 years ago

It is now the end of February and I have booked my flight to Sri Lanka for March 13. As…

INDIA – Gujarat, Diu, Rajasthan

13 years ago

GUJARAT STATE Gurjarat (pop 61 million), originally settled 4000 years ago, went through the usual Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim and British…

INDIA – Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashta, Mumbai

13 years ago

KERALA State Kerala State (pop. 35 million) is on the south-west corner of India. It is one of the more…