By William J. Furney At the National Art Gallery in Berlin, no one knew anything about Francis Bacon. Not the frazzled women on the ticket desk, nor the attendant they
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Out of This World in California
Letter from America By William J. Furney Someone was smoking in a toilet on the upper deck of the world’s largest passenger plane as it rocketed its way at close
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Fear of Flying Is Irrational, Yes, But It’s Still Valid
By William J. Furney Whether humankind was designed or developed from a petri dish-like swamp, it’s a safe bet that either the creator or evolving genes didn’t envision that some
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On Top of the World, and Star-Gazing, in Tenerife
By William J. Furney Why are observatories painted white? Wouldn’t a natural shade of green be better, so they’d blend in with the environment and not stick out like an
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The Seven-Hour Dinner
This is a story based on actual events. By William J. Furney Anyone who has been to France knows how almost impossibly chic and sophisticated the French can be. It’s
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