My Only Good Photo
Well, I’m not a very good photographer. That and the fancy camera I have requires an advanced degree to learn how to make it work. (My other camera is a…
Travel
Hop to Hamburg
I’m back from a quick hop to Hamburg for a conference on “Legal Cultures and the Atlantic Divide” at the Bucerius Law School, sponsored by the Council on Public Policy….
Back Home, Ear Intact
My medication seems to have kicked in during my long layover in Germany, as the flight from Frankfurt was not a problem for my ear. And a good thing, as…
Scientific Discovery: Ear Today, In Pain Tomorrow
I developed a nasty ear infection in Lebanon, which I managed to get treated quickly at the American University Hospital in Beirut. (Drops, keep water out of the ear, that…
Bekaa Photos
A Few Photos from the Bekaa Valley: Anjar, the only Omayyad city of Lebanon Entrance to Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek One of Anjar’s friendly inhabitants
Off to the Airport
The news is reporting how tense Beirut is going to be tomorrow, but you wouldn’t know it from the hopping cafes and diners in the (mainly Sunni) neighborhood where I’ve…
A Little Trip
I’ll be taking a few hours to visit some historic sites in Lebanon, before more meetings with Arab journalists. (The meetings yesterday went well and I’m hopeful about long-term cooperation…
Starbucks and Globalization — and Why I’d Never, Ever, Shake Jim Baker’s Hand
I had a nice machiatto this evening at the Starbucks near the hotel where I’m staying in Beirut. I like diversity a lot, but I also like seeing well managed…
Beirut By Night
I walked this evening with a mixed group of Turks, Poles, Russians, Georgians, Jordanians, and a few others to the Hezbollah anti-government tent camp in Beirut. It was quite interesting….
Off to Beirut
A Photo I Snapped Earlier This Year from the Beautiful Campus of the American University of Beirut I’m off shortly to Beirut, where I’ll attend the 2006 Annual Economic Freedom…