By William J. Furney In Dubai this week, I encountered two men from Pakistan, one named Muhammad and the other Mohammad, both of them upper-end taxi drivers in an otherwise
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By William J. Furney In Dubai this week, I encountered two men from Pakistan, one named Muhammad and the other Mohammad, both of them upper-end taxi drivers in an otherwise
Continue readingBy William J. Furney This Easter Sunday morning on my sweltering hour-plus run along a long stretch of beach by the frenzied Goan town of Candolim, I received several waves
Continue readingBy 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
Continue readingLetter 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
Continue readingBy 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
Continue readingBy 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
Continue readingThis 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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