It’s that time of year again: the season in which I inevitably find myself in a foreign country, asking around to see if there’s any chance I can catch the hockey game on TV.

The tradition started in my undergraduate years. At the end of the winter semester, in early or mid April, I’d rush off...

Earlier this week cyclone Nargis tore through the southwest of the country killing up to an estimated 60-100,000 people so far and affecting 1.5 million people by the disaster. Hundreds of thousands of people have no food, water, or shelter. One of the poorest countries in the world, the...

With the snow in the mountains receding and the rain clouds clearing, my wonder lust for a new adventure returns with the assurance of summer.  Final exams have now wound down and I have replaced the usual grind of a summer job and yard work, with school work and the promise of an adventure....