Not too long ago, the Swiss voted in a
referendum to limit immigration and make it easier to expel foreign-born
residents. The specifics of the vote matter less than the sentiment it
reflects, in Switzerland and Europe generally, feelings exemplified in
an otherwise insignificant incident in the small Swiss city of Nyon.
Author of Thirty Tomorrows: The Next
Three Decades of Globalization, Demographics, and How We Live and Senior
economist and market strategist for Lord, Abbett & Co.
Paris Photo takes over the Grand Palais through Nov.
16 with over 169 galleries and 1200 artists featured. Poring over the
artist list with a discerning, fine-toothed comb, we've selected the Top
Five Artists to Watch.
Contemporary art magazine curated by Park Hyatt Hotels, published by Bond Strategy and Influence
Rarely, can a traveler today still touch history on
such a personal level. Walking the beaches, seeing the towns and even
touching the infamous impenetrable hedgerows takes you back 70 years.
Travel Writer/Signature Travel Network
It took 30 minutes for suspicions about a
photograph to become a thoughtful, affinity-based gift of items that
transcended place and time. That's the power of the real dynamics of
city life, the connections behind the built environment that we, at
first, more readily see.
Seattle attorney and writer
The so-called industrial revolution of
the nineteenth century was a perverse revolution. It knocked down
small-scale traditional industries and booste...
New York's adopted street art brothers
Icy & Sot have been spreading their wings in Brooklyn for a couple
of years since we first interviewed them upo...
Co-Founders, BrooklynStreetArt.com
Home to the second largest economy in
the EU and the fifth largest economy in the world, France is
increasingly a bright light for the tech industry in Europe. But more
can be done to propel France as a long-term world innovation leader.
President and CEO, the Consumer Electronics Association
Contemporary art auctions have caused
quite a stir in recent years with buyers bidding record-breaking
numbers. For those who want in on the action, these five fall auctions
are not to be missed.
Contemporary art magazine curated by Park Hyatt Hotels, published by Bond Strategy and Influence
With some cities, you not only have the option of
visiting another region, you can also stamp your passport by going to a
whole different country for a few days.
Tours and activities around the world
Bordeaux has its own virtues: castles and chateaux of
great beauty, impeccably maintained vineyards on gravelly soil, and
some superb restaurants.
Food and travel columnist, Esquire
Today, in France, whenever I hear certain right-wing
moralists denounce the "feminization" of our society, I realize that we
are once again going through one of these periods of instability when
the female sex becomes an object of political tension.
French writer and essayist, author Femmes de Dictateur
What makes one country more important
than another? That's a crucial question to ask when it comes to Libya.
The U.S. is now prioritizing the fight against ISIS through airstrikes
over Iraq and Syria. But what about the country we were so focused on
three years ago?
It can only be hoped that as we work to contain the
Ebola epidemic at its source in West Africa -- which is the only way it
will be contained -- the world will learn that we must spend the
political and financial capital needed to prepare for future epidemics
that will surely come.
I'm in Bordeaux wine country, enjoying locally made, aged-to-perfection cheese -- I will eat the wrapping and all.
A Slovenian photographer of the younger generation, who lives and creates between Beijing and Ljubljana.
We carry with us the ability to mine pride from place, even in places that are, perhaps, least expected to shine.
Seattle attorney and writer
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