Benefits of travel

I’m not the only one who has said my travel education was much more lasting than my many years of formal education. I absorbed much more about geography, history, politics, and economics while backpacking around the world than I ever did cramming for tests. My educational travel continues to this day, every time I’m outside …

There are lots of reasons people travel and those reasons can change over time. The motivations can also change according to how much time they have, or how much money they have. People who can enjoy slow travel may have very different motivations than those on a quick resort vacation in the pool chair. I’ve …

I’m posting this guest article on Labor Day, a day it seems fitting for me to take a break from writing new posts on this blog, which I’ve been doing since 2003. I’m giving the floor to a friend I’ve known almost that long: John DiScala, better known as Johnny Jet.  Take it away Johnny! …

I just spent five hours on a Saturday finishing up a ghostwriting project, after working a good 50 hours already this week. But I didn’t do this so I could squeak out the car payment on a new BMW or add a home theater to my sprawling McMansion. I did it so I could get …