Many years ago, at the peak of the Cold War standoff, I read “Alas, Babylon” which begins with World War III and ends as a Fenimore Cooper tale of frontier survival in a small river town in Florida. It is, … Continue reading
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Americans when they first visit Europe are immediately struck by the fact that our oldest cities, buildings, works of art, traditions and institutions are teen-agers alongside their venerable counterparts abroad. And especially by what Lawrence Durrell called Caesar’s vast ghost. … Continue reading