Rachel Laudan

Marie-Danielle Demas of the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement en Bolivia (and of the Sorbonne) got the conference off to an exc ellent start with an overview of nationalism and theories thereof during the past couple of centuries. Any fear that the conference might take a simplistic approach to this has been dealt with.  [...]

  Black-eyed peas are one of  the four common dried beans and peas here in Girona, Catalonia, Spain, the other three being lentils, chickpeas and alubias (white beans). Because I wasn’t sure how they were served, I asked an expert, the butcher’s wife who sells them ready cooked. With a drizzle of olive oil. Or [...]

Life has brought me many, many trips away from home–well over thirty on last count–in Europe, the United States, Australia and Latin America.  We have done this as academics, on visiting appointments or sabbaticals.  Business people, the military, and freelancers probably do it too. It is a wonderful way to travel. You spend two to [...]