A critique of the 12th Berlin Art Biennale I have always been interested in art. Over the course of my life, I have visited countless museums and exhibits across multiple continents. I gained a profound appreciation for how art affects me, and the world. But until now, I hadn’t considered…

For a long time, I did all I could to forget about having served in the U.S. Army. Although I physically survived my three-and-a-half-year-long enlistment, my mental health was, as they say, touch-and-go the whole time. The Army finally discharged me for injuries I accumulated in training, but I felt…

Thoughts on the famous Afghan girl photograph I was a child when I saw her face for the first time. Those piercing green eyes from under the red veiled head of a beautiful girl, looking at me from the cover of the National Geographic Magazine. I spent many hours in…

Take a break from your regular programming to focus on my obsession I don’t know when it began, my love of all things pretzel. Probably when I first came to Germany at the age of 14, but maybe before that…when eating snack pretzels as a child? Remember those bags of…

Better late than never for this popular book! A friend of mine was visiting Athens a while back while processing his divorce and he recommended that I read Outline from Rachel Cusk. I was also traveling to Greece and the topic of divorce affected us both. Upon finding the word…