Photographs


Part of our tour was lunch at a high end hotel. In our case this turned out to be the ITC Mughal. It was a lovely place with great food, but the best feature by far was this huge chandelier  ...

Part of our tour was lunch at a high end hotel. In our case...

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Detailed Marble Inlay-4.jpg

When you arrive at the train station you have to fight your way through the local people trying to give you a ride or sell you something. Once you enter the station look for the desk that se ...

When you arrive at the train station you have to fight your...

This it my favorite photo I took in India. It is one of the gates to The Pink City in Jaipur. The beautiful architecture, a motor rickshaw, Hindu idol, Muslims, goats, birds, all capture wha ...

This it my favorite photo I took in India. It is one of the...

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Decaying Kolkata.jpg

A Nervous Wreck

I heard from my cousin J.D. in Santa Monica yesterday, Dad. He does not Poop in the house. WOW is he nuts? Sounds like he has good weather all the time, but I remember Uncle Adam being kind of strange. He would only pet me when you were not looking. Aunt Lisa is really nice [...]

Are You Relevant Yet?

The Vatican – the most antiquated and irrelevant institution left over from the middle ages! How you amuse! So the Palestinians have a right to return to Israel, do they? That is a wonderful sentiment! When will you return what you stole from Israel? When will you aid in the reclamation of Jewish lands stolen [...]

Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori

Ah…I am so glad to be classically educated. I feel badly for these kids today, no Latin, no great works of the Greeks and Romans. Yeah they know stuff about Zeus, but quote some Horace or Homer to them and they are lost.

Just this week I found myself mentioning certain legends of the Odyssey to [...]

Antisemitism vs. Antizionism

In another outstanding article, which makes the Economist worth the hefty subscription price, there is an analysis on the difference causes for the rift in support for Israel between America and Europe. While going through historical detail on the basis of left vs. right politics and how both have changed in all three locations cause [...]