The most mysterious disappearance in Asia is almost certainly that of Jim Thompson, the “Silk King of Thailand,” who vanished in the high jungles of Malaysia in 1967. The 61-year-old… Read More
RAC Woodcote Park No-one from my club in D.C. had ever reviewed the Royal Automobile Club—Woodcote Park in southwest London—so we decided to check it out. An unusual reason to… Read More
Have you noticed how many men in British literature, films and TV mention going to “my club”? What are they talking about? This month and next we will explore London’s… Read More
Two months ago I gave you some tips for tackling the famous Camino de Santiago 500-mile path across northern Spain. This month I’ll tell you about some of the highlights… Read More
As a practitioner of emergency management, I have developed an informal theory (that I would never dare publish in any professional journal) that every disaster or major world event is… Read More
Since you are reading this travel column, you doubtless have heard of El Camino de Santiago – the famous, UNESCO World Heritage pilgrimage path that runs for almost 500 miles… Read More
Do you think our democracy is in danger? If so, do you want to do something to save it? I have found a way to travel virtually to key swing… Read More
Deer tick season is upon us, and Lyme disease and other tick-borne ailments are a serious health threat, with about one-tenth of Americans having been infected. Today I will give… Read More
After an epic struggle, equal representation on the Board of Directors has been achieved by descendants of the enslaved at President James Madison’s Montpelier plantation in central Virginia. This struggle… Read More
I predicted in this column back in mid-January, before the invasion of Ukraine, that Putin would invade and would focus on seizing the Black Sea coast, in order to strangle… Read More
Have a rusty “lemon” car in your back yard that barely runs? Love road adventures and general silliness? There’s a LeMons Rally in your future! This past month I hooked… Read More
Tired of that obnoxious boss? Sick of freezing winter? Peeved that your country and its pandemic has killed almost a million of its citizens, and is sliding from democracy into… Read More