Seeing With Language
The Berinmo people, a tribe in Papua New Guinea, categorize colors in just five words. This difference is because “humans see the world less with their eyes than with their language.
L’Homme-à-Tout-Faire
New York has remarkably small apartments. When my wife, son and I moved to Manhattan a year ago, we had a tough time adapting to a place almost half as big as the one we left.
Parlez-vous Franglish?
If you speak French, and assuming you understand these modest lines, you are bilingual.
Interplanetary Communication
A friend who studied at the University of Geneva in the 1980s found Swiss men awfully dull. She complained most didn’t even notice her in the street.
Faith in Politics
Last week I visited the 96th Street Mosque with a group of five NYU students. The Imam, Feisal Abdul Rauf, a charming, soft-spoken man, received us in his office.
A French Dream
French artists, entrepreneurs, and employees arrive en masse every year to work in the United States. Most cite an “opportunity,” the possibility to “make it”.
An American in Paris
A beautiful way for an American to discover Paris is by reading Hemingway’s restored edition of A Moveable Feast (Simon & Shuster 2009). You’ll find streets, restaurants, drinks and even a bookstore that exist to the day. But there’s more.
