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The Capitol Limited and D.C. (day 1)

Posted on February 27, 2008 by twotreatises

After my afternoon jaunt in Chicago, I returned to Amtrak to catch the Capitol Limited to our nation’s capital (the name misleads—it doesn’t stop at the capitol). We left Chicago around 7pm to arrive in D.C. around 2pm the next … Continue reading →

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why Germans are obsessed with the American West

Posted on January 8, 2008 by twotreatises

articles to track down: “Cowboys und Indians.(Germans celebrate American West)” (Newsweek, Aug. 2002, by Stefan Thiel) “How American Is It: The U. S. as Image and Imaginary in German Film” (The German Quarterly, Vol. 57, No. 4, 1984, pp. 603-620, … Continue reading →

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Vanderbilt mansion and grounds

Posted on November 24, 2007 by twotreatises

Vanderbilt Mansion

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Fishkill, NY

Posted on November 23, 2007 by twotreatises

…is a lot like home war protest anti-protest (war-protest protest?)

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Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Posted on September 23, 2007 by twotreatises

Some random thoughts: “‘Sure, he screwed up,’ Roman answers, ‘but I admire what he was trying to do. Living completely off the land like that, month after month, is incredibly difficult.’” p. 185 I really like this book—not just the … Continue reading →

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