The greed and hypocrisy of the opium trade continue to shock
Smoke and Ashes is a lovely blend of historical writing, travelogue and personal reflection
Opiod epidemic
Monday
Tuesday
The US opioid crisis has come to Britain
Towards the end of last year, I began to see what looked to me like addict behavior on the streets of London
Thursday
The school that made an American century
New York With the Karamazovian hangover now only a weekly occurrence, the healthy life rules supreme. Well, most of the time. Up early, I go for a brisk 30-minute walk, then it’s breakfast in the park that stretches out two blocks away. I finish off with two sets of 20 push-ups on a park bench, a few kicks and punches using leaves as targets, then cross Fifth Avenue going east. (Karate is now a three-night-a-week activity, and I’ve given up Judo as it takes up too much time and needs too many partners.) I then buy the papers from a friendly Indian, get my first coffee of the day from
