.I write about nationalism, sustainable economies, public history, social movements, immigration, MeToo issues and non-car travel. Since November. 2023, I have been living on the road, staying in a different country every month. I write about that experience in my Aging on the Run series.
Lilacs in October: A Short Return to Minneapolis
I read Tom Wolfe’s You Can't Go Home Again in the fall of 1975, at Oberlin College, before I dropped out. In the autobiographical novel, a young white man from Asheville moves to New York City and...
Icelandic Winds
Iceland is a land of ghosts and ghouls, sea monsters, and an earth that howls. It is an island of volcanoes and fjords, endless flat petrified lava fields, green valleys, black, white, and grey...
People’s Living History of Northern Ireland
To understand the Troubles of Northern Ireland one must remove the veils of religion, ethnicity, and even nationalism, and begin with economy, which means learning about the unique properties of...
A Good Tourist in Oslo?
Every adventure should include a messenger who provides the lesson of your visit. Oslo is on a hill. From the central train station, it climbs steadily. Four miles up is Frogner Park— a grand...
Lilacs in October: A Short Return to Minneapolis
I read Tom Wolfe’s You Can't Go Home Again in the fall of 1975, at Oberlin College, before I dropped out. In the autobiographical novel, a young white man from Asheville moves to New York City and...
Icelandic Winds
Iceland is a land of ghosts and ghouls, sea monsters, and an earth that howls. It is an island of volcanoes and fjords, endless flat petrified lava fields, green valleys, black, white, and grey...
People’s Living History of Northern Ireland
To understand the Troubles of Northern Ireland one must remove the veils of religion, ethnicity, and even nationalism, and begin with economy, which means learning about the unique properties of...
A Good Tourist in Oslo?
Every adventure should include a messenger who provides the lesson of your visit. Oslo is on a hill. From the central train station, it climbs steadily. Four miles up is Frogner Park— a grand...
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Lilacs in October: A Short Return to Minneapolis
I read Tom Wolfe’s You Can't Go Home Again in the fall of 1975, at Oberlin College, before I dropped out. In the autobiographical novel, a young white man from Asheville moves to New York City and...
Icelandic Winds
Iceland is a land of ghosts and ghouls, sea monsters, and an earth that howls. It is an island of volcanoes and fjords, endless flat petrified lava fields, green valleys, black, white, and grey...
People’s Living History of Northern Ireland
To understand the Troubles of Northern Ireland one must remove the veils of religion, ethnicity, and even nationalism, and begin with economy, which means learning about the unique properties of...
A Good Tourist in Oslo?
Every adventure should include a messenger who provides the lesson of your visit. Oslo is on a hill. From the central train station, it climbs steadily. Four miles up is Frogner Park— a grand...
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I write about nationalism, immigration, public history, sustainable economies, MeToo issues and the politics of travel