Patent. In English, it sounds serious. Legal. Official. A patent belongs in an office with fluorescent lights, forms, signatures, fees, lawyers, and people who say “intellectual property” without laughing. In America, a…

On June 18th, it will be two years since Karen and I left Florida, the United States, and the life we had built there. I keep wanting to say we “ditched” Florida.…

There are many ways to understand a country. You can study its history. You can learn its language. You can examine its tax system, if you have a strong heart and no…

It started, as many international incidents do, in a Facebook comment. Not with missiles. Not with diplomats. Just a woman correcting me. “USA no América,” she wrote. “AMERICA IS a continent!” The…

Some people know Greek summer has arrived when they start thinking about the beach. Crystal waters. Tsipouro at the taverna. Salt on the skin. Sand in places sand has no business being.…

The other day I was talking to a friend who happens to be a dental surgeon when, mid-conversation, he suddenly said: “Άσε, έχω μπλέξει” (Ase, echo blexei — leave it, I’m tangled…