Driving through picturesque Cape Town and its environs in the Western Cape, I was truly awed. If you have ever driven down the Pacific Coast Highway, especially from San Francisco…
I will start my southern Africa journey here, at the Slave Lodge in Cape Town. It is not where I physically began my 10-day trip to this part of the…
Five years ago, a tropical depression formed in the Atlantic and began moving towards Florida. Later, it would become one of the worst hurricanes to hit the United States.Katrina.On the…
The last of the 4,000 soldiers in the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, crossed the border from Iraq into Kuwait Thursday. There are no U.S. more combat brigade teams…
This Sunday, I will be watching the premiere of "Aarti Party." Aarti Sequeira won this season's "The Next Food Network Star" on Sunday night. A lot of us at CNN…
This poem is written by one of my favourite Bengali poets, Joy Goswami. It loses in the translation, of course. And yet...In the evening sadness comes and stands by the…
A difficult agreement created Pakistan 63 years ago. The "land of the pure" was partitioned off from India and both nations became independent -- Pakistan on August 14, 1947 and…
Kevin's parents, Ed and Jean, have rented a summer cottage on Washington Island in Clayton. The place is perfectly situated -- a watery feast for the eyes on the Saint…
I have been pondering the purchase of a new car an have seriously been thinking about a Toyota Prius. It's hard to give up 51 miles per gallon. Toyota hasn't…
