I can’t think long about U.S. policy toward Israel without remembering the political mastermind who destroyed his career by suggesting this photo to a reporter. I’ll get to him soon. When I do, you’ll know why. Some facts of the Israel-Hamas war that strike me as key: (♦) Hamas is a militant, adamantly anti-Israel movement that…
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Estados Unidos de Israel
(Nota: Casi todos los enlaces están en inglés.) No puedo pensar mucho en la política estadounidense hacia Israel sin recordar al cerebro político que destruyó su carrera al sugerir esta foto a un periodista. Llegaré a él pronto. Cuando lo haga, sabrás por qué. Algunos hechos de la guerra entre Israel y Hamas que me…
The Block Universe Theory
The block universe theory holds that our human perception of time misleads us, that past, present and future are equally real. Or that’s how I understand it, at least, as a lay person. I sit at my Madrid computer, blink at the display as I type these words; a doctor tugs my wailing, bloody newborn…
La teoría del universo de bloque
(Nota: Todos los enlaces están en inglés. Lo siento.) La teoría del universo de bloque sostiene que nuestra percepción humana del tiempo nos engaña, que el pasado, el presente y el futuro son igualmente reales. O al menos así lo entiendo yo como profano. Me siento frente a mi ordenador de Madrid, parpadeo ante la…
Buying a Home in Spain
I am now a proud Madrid homeowner, post to tell what I think I know about buying a home in Spain (or in the capital, at least), and how the process compares to the equivalent in California. At the outset, I caution once more about plunking potential life savings on the counsel of a lone…
Spain-USA Tax Treaty
I’ll bet you haven’t heard of the Spain-USA tax treaty. A safe wager to offer, you may think, to stateside readers who may visit transitophile only in search of hotty train photos, who harbor no interest in moving abroad. Alas, I will with grim confidence extend this wager to my fellow U.S.-to-Spain expats, to emigrants…
(More) Spanish words for a new year
I have been busy with other things of late, haven’t taken time to post, and admit I write today mostly to keep this URL from oxidizing, or sprouting green fungi. I may have more to hold forth about later in the year. In the meantime: another installment of favorite words and sayings in español: Mas…
Tarragona via a Renfe Competitor
Tarragona is a Catalan port city near the high-speed rail route linking Barcelona and Madrid. The ancient Romans called it Tarraco, built a shore side amphitheatre and a circus for chariot races. Tarragona has beaches, a touristy old town and a cathedral, one of Catalonia’s largest. I hankered for a visit, and also craved a…
Lithuania: Tourist Impressions
I visited the capital city Vilnius and Kaunas, about ninety kilometers northwest. While there, I thought: LITHUANIA IS STRONGLY PRO-UKRAINE Expect to see the Ukraine bicolour on stickers, buttons, donation boxes, even on a mini-flag worn like a cape around a resident’s shoulders. Vilnius ❤ Ukraina declare the head signs of Vilnius buses. Putin, the…
Bus Transit in Madrid: an Overdue Post
About Madrid buses I have remained mostly silent, despite this blog’s fetishistic name and despite many past gushes about Madrid’s rail network. Why? Blogger bias! Blogger emotional bias. I lived without wheels for over a decade in car-centric Los Angeles, may suffer a straphanger’s PTSD from so many occasionally torturous slogs in buses there, as…