April 6, 2006It can be assumed that friends will come to you to ask for favors that might be within your reach but not within theirs, such as helping to get a visa. I have a short, unsatisfactory answer you can use: “I’m sorry, I can’t help.” Continue Reading
Matt Ellsworth February 27, 2006 An expat gets to witnesses religious experiences abroad that they rarely see at home. I’m referring to faith healing shows, statues that weep or bleed, apparitions (or rather, reactions thereto), flagellations and excoriations, crucifixions, pilgrimages, and the like. Continue Reading
I was recently searching for expatriate resources on the Internet and came across a helpful resource: Expatriates.com. Billed as “the community website created for and by expatriates and internationally minded people everywhere,” this site focuses on providing bulletin boards, classified ads, and a resource directory of expatriate websites to expatriates around the world. The classified…
Borrowing from the web page of the Islamic Network Group, here’s something that people everywhere ought to be aware of this week. The event is past, but the consequences will occur this week and beyond. January 8, 2006 – January 11, 2006Hajj (Annual Pilgrimage to Mecca)The Hajj, or annual pilgrimage to Mecca, consists of several…
While shopping in a flea market in Chile years ago I was surprised to find an 1832 U.S. half dollar. Then I remembered that all Atlantic-to-Pacific sea traffic had to circumnavigate South America until the Panama Canal was opened in 1914. Remnants of far-off societies can still be found all along the coasts. This episode…
During a recent swing through the border states of the Southwest, President George W. Bush talked tough about border security and proposed a guest worker program. La Voz, a Spanish-language newspaper in Phoenix, quoted sources on November 30 as saying that nearly 11 million now-illegal immigrants could benefit from such a program. I say, why…
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