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Lambeth Palace from the south. Circa 1685. Wikicommons/ Anonymous - A picture from the collection of the Museum of London. To the north, many of the riverside buildings off of…

Overthinking and intrusive thoughts often come with the territory when you live with anxiety. And while many people learn to live with and manage “anxiety thoughts” on a daily basis,…

“I want to smoke pot,” said Henry Featherless’s wife. Henry did not hear her. He was crouched over a kitchen counter, trying very carefully to open a can of chili…

A “What are you talking about?” he said, looking as if someone had kicked out his insides. “I met someone else,” she said, trying not to say too much. If…

When I overcame a flying phobia, I resolved to make up for lost time by visiting as much of the world as I could. So in the course of a…

As a travel writer, I was recently invited on a tour of Africa, billed as checking off your bucket list, and we did some really cool things. Went to Timbuktu…

“We live in a democracy” is a categorical imperative which is frequently called into question in Latin America today. This system of governance, widely adopted around the world from the…

The hole in the ozone layer was at best a reason to not use hairspray, and at worst an indicator of a grizzly future in which all human life is…

Years later, Big Rosco would admit Taco Charlie had been right all along, but by then it was too late. Every trace of the Palace was gone. Even the memories…

We’ve just left a fine room at the Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, a grand hotel in Québec’s quartier historique, and we are driving on a dark country road. It is…