What is it about visiting Africa that makes us uncomfortable, while at the same time, in more important ways, feel so serene? Is it simply the poverty? And why do we cling to the aphorism ‘dark continent’ long after colonialism has run its course and cell phones have become ubiquitous? Is there some impregnable mystery […]
So, what is meant by a dystopian world? I certainly had no idea when I drew the first line across the top of the page and wrote down my new book’s title, The Wealth of a Nation; it came by impulse, but subconsciously chosen for reasons that instantly appeared relevant. The evening before, I was […]
I was about 20 years old that February day when I drove out the gate of Fort Knox and headed across the belly of the country for Reno, Nevada. A storm was coming. The day before, I had purchased a Mercury coup for the trip from a used car salesman on the dingy, leftover side […]
