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Why, then, are we so willing to celebrate European colonialism in America? Needless to say, Columbus Day is not designed to commemorate Chris Columbus's personal success in bumbling into a "new" continent. It's meant to pay tribute to the European "discovery" of America, the first step in the...
From British-born Robert Massy, a dropout physicist now at California's non conformist University of the Trees, the skeptic is flattered to learn that he has a yellow aura - "a sign of intellect." A friend is told that she has a pinkish glow, which means that she loves...
Actually, his self-definition turns out to be much simpler than that. Above all, he insists, "I'm an actor." The kind of actor, he omits to add, whose professional life is paralleled only by a handful of great British stars with full freedom to go where the roles...
I had stayed in New York only long enough to gather supplies and buy a bus ticket, and then I was on the rolling behemoth that would not stop until it crossed the continent, even if Greyhound did change drivers every five hours or so.
Such adulation is a far cry from the hostility the "dogs of war" usually receive in black Africa. White mercenaries are among the most hated men on the continent. Many of the most famous have gone into retirement. "African armies are much better now and can no longer be beaten...