Grenoble My father and George Washington shared the same birthday, February 22nd. He would have been 97 this year, and now he’s been gone just short of a decade. Whenever I would visit countries unknown previously to either of us, he would always ask me to tell him whatever I thought might interest him from …
Tag: Bulgaria
The Edifice Complex and the Tension between Intake and Outreach
Banska Stiavnica The small city of Banska Stiavnica was a rich, mining city in its heyday. The symbol of the city is two lizards, and the legend has it that a shepherd in the mountains saw them run under a rock. Turning over the rock, he saw one was covered in silver dust and the …
The Healthcare Fixes Unfixed, Divide and Conquer on Display
Sofia There’s no national healthcare in Bulgaria from what I learned in recent discussions, so this is a country where Americans can come to die and feel at home. Think about that for a minute. Living costs are relatively low. Healthcare costs are relatively high. Is this the world we want? Perhaps so, because we …