Around The World In 80 Days: How Do We Compare?
In 1831, French political philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville came to America. What started as a review of American prisons became an expedition…
Around The World in 80 Days: A Brief (And Mostly True) History Of Religion In Russia
In part 1 of my three-part series on Russia, I said that many of Russia’s problems could be attributed to the fact that…
Around The World In 80 Days, Peru: ‘The Strangest, Saddest City Thou Can’t see’
Herman Melville, a travel writer of sorts, was not impressed with Lima. In his classic Moby Dick, Melville says of the city:…
