Udayan Tripathi

Venice is bizarre. Not only is the city sinking physically, it seems like the place is becoming a ghost of its former self. Reports released … [Read more...] about A Dying Wonder

Nearly 400 years ago in the largest palace in the world, William Shakespeare first regaled us with a political tale full of devious … [Read more...] about The Renaissance Political Scene on Stage

There's a broken flap on the baggage conveyor belt at three airports. I'm convinced it's the same flap and that someone with little else to … [Read more...] about The World Is Our Oyster

There's a broken flap on the baggage conveyor belt at three airports. I'm convinced it's the same flap and that someone with little else to … [Read more...] about The World Is Our Oyster

On Thursday night, I sat in a dark room in a concert hall opposite the Verizon Center. My evening was full not of Hoya basketball glory but … [Read more...] about Passion and Politics: A Timeless Drama

Eight years ago on Friday, many of my generation learned how the unending depths of sorrow feel.I doubt a single face failed to fall at the … [Read more...] about The Day Without a Happy Ending

The Taliban rolls relentlessly into the heart of Pakistan; the ominous suspicion that the events in the Swat Valley in northwestern Pakistan … [Read more...] about Fingers Crossed as Menace Looms

At a pizza luncheon last Thursday in McGhee Library, School of Foreign Service Dean Robert Gallucci made reference to "the loud slap on the … [Read more...] about Good Cop, Bad Cop Relations

With gentle prompts from my father, I remembered Gandhi this week. Because of him, the last 60 years have seen nonviolent resistance become … [Read more...] about Speak or Forever Hold Your Peace

We were a huddled mass that morning; not quite "wretched refuse," but after hours spent on frozen ground we looked more like refugees than … [Read more...] about Listen and Carry a Big Stick