travel
Couch-surfing: a revolutionary movement
January 30, 2015Looking at it through a wide-angled lens, we've been staying at people's houses for hundreds of years; saving money, meeting people, really immersing ourselves in the culture.
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A month in my home country: What a trip!
July 14, 2014What a trip! I had last visited my American home country three years earlier; during my visit last month I saw that some things hadn't changed much, some things had.
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Writing on Amtrak
March 20, 2014Soon we'd be snaking through the freight yards and pulling into the Amtrak platform at L.A.'s Union Station. It was a dramatic opening scene - almost cinematic - filled with promise.
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Jay-Z’s Open Letter: A call to open travel and trade with Cuba
April 16, 2013The Carters' (Jay-Z's given name is Shawn Carter) recent trip has turned into a source of discussion, with people from all walks of life offering opinions.
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End to favoritism for Cuban immigrants?
March 5, 2013The Chicago Tribune's editorial February 16 on U.S.- Cuba relations was big news - the newspaper had departed from the prevailing silence on how Cubans arrive in the United States.
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