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“Arthur Frommer’s Europe on $25 a Day” absolutely changed my life
At 91, Arthur Frommer still preaches the budget travel gospel, just as he did when I was converted 35 years ago. As it was...
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Them ominous vultures
Last week we went for a walk to the pharmacy on a day with clear skies and warmth in the air, too early for...
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C’mon, do you really believe Robert Maxwell accidentally fell off that...
At this point in the nation's haphazard experience, most Americans know far too much about Ghislaine Maxwell owing to her connections with the conveniently...
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It was May Day in Vienna, 1987
Friday, May 1, 1987 was the 16th day of my second European immersion tour. Prior to arriving in Vienna earlier in the week, it...
Just a bit of Germany in Jeffersonville; that’s plenty enough
Here's the link at Louisville Business First.
Pints & Union owner to open German beer hall near the Big Four Bridge
The first year I hit...
An Afternoon with Santa Claus: Zürich’s Hürlimann Brewery, 1994
Exuberant excess in beer has been redefined so many times recently that I wouldn't know where to begin a survey of the territory, but...
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There’s plenty of good food to eat without red meat and fowl
In a rare display of resolve, I've been meatless (red meat and fowl) for the first two months of 2021; might as well go...
Make your own fun, but I will not carry a gun
I will not carry a gun, Frank. When I got thrown into this war I had a clear understanding with the Pentagon: no guns....
Welcome to Roger’s web site, an “Exile on Spring Street”
"Exile is a dream of a glorious return. Exile is a vision of revolution: Elba, not St Helena. It is an endless paradox: looking...
ON THE AVENUES: Welcome to “Pagan Life,” a weekly column devoted to heathens, infidels,...
ON THE AVENUES is the name of my longtime column at the former NA Confidential. It makes the passage to Exile on Spring Street....
Them ominous vultures
Last week we went for a walk to the pharmacy on a day with clear skies and warmth in the air, too early for...
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Out and about, in America, in Europe — and in my...
This one was written in 2009 and revised in 2014. It hasn't appeared anywhere since, which makes it ripe for a rerun. The biggest...
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Werner Tübke, East German art, and the Americans in 1989
When the following article appeared in 2017, all of the talk in America was about building walls. Characteristically The Magnificent Trumpolini never understood that...
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Käthe Kollwitz is an artist we should know and celebrate. Controversy is the least of the reasons why, although it's something I appreciate.
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