Archive for March, 2004
Second Government (Bernard-Henri Levy)
By Tom Teicholz at 28 March, 2004, 7:58 pm
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about French philosopher, journalist and filmmaker Bernard-Henri Levy (only in France can philosopher hyphenate with filmmaker).
We had lunch about six months ago. At the time, Levy’s English-language edition of “Who Killed Daniel Pearl?”(Melville House), had just been published. The book had received a mixed response for its controversial thesis [...]
Sleep, Interrupted
By Tom Teicholz at 26 March, 2004, 8:13 pm
I remember, as a child, trying in vain to stay up to see the ball fall on New Year’s Eve. In later years, high school brought concerts that went past midnight and college introduced all-nighters of the studying and partying kind. In the midnight hour came inspiration and revelation and dreams of new worlds to [...]
Read More >>A Sunny Hungarian Rhapsody
By Tom Teicholz at 19 March, 2004, 8:14 pm
As winter chill gives way to spring sun, it’s not too early to start planning a summer trip to Budapest.
Budapest, Hungary’s capital, straddles the Danube, with historic old Buda on the hill, and Pest with its atmospheric 19th century and Art Nouveau architecture. In recent years, many of the Budapest’s historic sites have been restored, [...]
Schindler’s Impact (The 10th Anniversary of “Schindler’s List”)
By Tom Teicholz at 12 March, 2004, 8:19 pm
In May 1995, I found myself in Lviv, Ukraine. My father died two years before, and I was there on a roots trip. I wanted to see the city where he grew up and perhaps unearth some of the information that he could never bring himself to share, such as the names and birthdates of [...]
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