Gen. Petraeus on Russian TV, in Arabic

It is so strange sometimes, to see the events in the U.S. on foreign TV, through the prism of another culture.  I found this particularly surreal – I tried to find the same thing on Russian TV, to see what their reaction to it was, but this is such a...

The Parade So Good You’re Not Allowed to See It

In Russia, they threw a Victory in Europe celebration, and barred the public from attending From time to time, all the shops full of the latest European fashions and giant blazing neon signs trick me into forgetting that Moscow and Russia have some serious and...

Back in the U.S.A.

After 15 hours of agony on the American Airlines flights back from Buenos Aires, I am back in L.A., and working hard already on trying to arrange for the next big international webmedia trip – this one to Moscow. The forms that the Russian Consulate requires...

Santiago, Chile – Day 1

I have arrived in Santiago, Chile to find that it is one of the cleanest big cities I think I’ve ever seen. Especially in South America. I mean, this place couldn’t be MORE different from the Caracas that I remember, where there were massive random holes...