Vietnam’s Mekong River (II): A Day in the Life — The Sun Always Rises
I expected the Mekong River jungle to be relatively silent. But it is not. In a humid, green undergrowth, I stride to the sound of...
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edgardavidboshart
- Dec 17, 2018
- 3 min
Vietnam's Mekong Delta (I) - Hot, Wet, Green
"Ceaselessly the river flows, and yet the water is never the same, while in the still pools the shifting foam gathers and is gone, never...
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edgardavidboshart
- Dec 14, 2018
- 6 min
Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City, Home of a New Capitalist Religion
Ho Chi Minh City used to be Saigon. Gone is Saigon, but welcome to Uncle Ho’s acquired real estate. French and American flavors of...
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edgardavidboshart
- Dec 10, 2018
- 4 min
Vietnam Redo: Emperors and Gods
(Hue, Vietnam, part 2) Emperors and gods are sometimes (usually!) indistinguishable. In Asia, and especially looming China, central...
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edgardavidboshart
- Dec 5, 2018
- 3 min
Vietnam Redo: The Way to Hue ("way")
The Perfume River (Sông Hương or Hương Giang; 香江) crosses the city of Huế, in the central Vietnamese province of Thừa Thiên-Huế Province....
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edgardavidboshart
- Nov 30, 2018
- 3 min
Vietnam Redo (part 7): Sailin' Ha Long (on the Bay)
I’ve spent a night on Halong Bay, on the coast of North Vietnam, twice. Both times, I thoroughly enjoyed the experience — (1) hauling...
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edgardavidboshart
- Nov 23, 2018
- 3 min
Vietnam Redo: Water and Buffalo in the North Country
It is finally time to leave Hanoi, the city, for a gambit in the countryside. But it takes time, as the metropolis is far-flung, hanging...
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edgardavidboshart
- Nov 6, 2018
- 2 min
Vietnam Redo: Post-War Flowers, Fruit and Rice
Vietnam today is, of course, a different place than in the previous century. Changes have been significant in government,...
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edgardavidboshart
- Nov 2, 2018
- 5 min
Vietnam Redo (part 4): War Paint
At one time, in the last century, Americans dabbed charcoal-tinted war paint on their faces and attempted to subdue a combined imperial...
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edgardavidboshart
- Oct 26, 2018
- 2 min
Vietnam Redo (part 3): Long and Tall
I have always wanted to ask a puppet, in private, what it is like to be enslaved and forced to do its master’s bidding, subject to being...
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edgardavidboshart
- Oct 24, 2018
- 3 min
Vietnam Redo (part 2): Peace and Mayhem
Hanoi (Ha Noi, “river’s inner”) is a large sprawling beehive(s) of activity, spotted with large construction projects and relentless...
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edgardavidboshart
- Oct 23, 2018
- 1 min
Capitol Scooper : Moment of Silence for Jamal
Edgar Boshart - Yesterday the National Press Club (Washington DC) invited staff and journalists to a moment of silence and contemplation...
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edgardavidboshart
- Oct 18, 2018
- 4 min
Vietnam Redo; 2018 (Intro)
I visited North Vietnam the first time roughly 10 years ago. The country then had already moved on from the previous century of...
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edgardavidboshart
- Oct 12, 2018
- 3 min
Bight of Kennebunk: Travel Destination
“The swallow has set her six young on the rail, and looks seaward.” James Lee’s Wife (1864, pt 3 st.1), Robert Browning Before Autumn...
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edgardavidboshart
- Oct 9, 2018
- 7 min
Capital Scooper: Freedom of Expression Shrinks Worldwide
I have returned from an enlightening journey to Vietnam and Cambodia. Neither country is free from the taint of political and corporate...
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edgardavidboshart
- Aug 31, 2018
- 1 min
Off to Southeast Asia (Again)
Tomorrow I leave for another visit to Vietnam and Cambodia for a couple of weeks. It has been 10 years since I was in these two...
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Capitol Scooper, Washington DC
- Aug 28, 2018
- 5 min
Afghanistan, After 17 Years
The occasional Capitol Scooper by Ed Boshart The Hudson Institute (Washington DC) in August scheduled a series of panel discussions...
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Capitol Scooper
- Aug 21, 2018
- 8 min
Iraq: ISIS Blends In, Trouble Brewing
[Disclaimer/Proclaimer: To Friends/Readers/Browsers: Occasionally, I will include in this blog a strictly news-oriented report out of...
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edgardavidboshart
- Aug 10, 2018
- 1 min
Persia: the Empire (correction: the full documentary in two parts)
Get a glass of wine or cup of coffee, sit yourself down in front of a computer or television screen and stereo music system, and savor...
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edgardavidboshart
- Aug 6, 2018
- 1 min
Earth II, in the Galaxy X
Sunflower "Bring me the sunflower, crazed with the love of light” Eugenio Montale Ah Sun-flower! weary of time, Who countest the steps of...
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