Category Archives: Welcomes

The first from Istanbul

After months of (sort of) planning and anticipating, Helen and I have finally arrived and begun settling ourselves in Istanbul. We’ve got a small but pleasant apartment in a hip and rapidly gentrifying neighborhood, not unlike so many of our … Continue reading

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Ahlan wa Sahlan

Welcome back from Spring Break.  I promise that there were no funnels, wet t-shirt contests, swimming, tequila, or bikinis.  There was snow, bacon, veal hearts, wind, blue cheese burgers, white fish, small airplanes, skirt steak, pancakes and really good coleslaw.  … Continue reading

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Comin’ Back

It’s almost finals, but I’m back on the blog circuit.  If Paul Krugman can find time to blog, why shouldn’t I?

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L’shana tova tikatevu

It’s Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, which seems like as good a time as any to revive Next Year In.  So come back soon for new posts.  I promise to deliver. (L’shanah tova tikatevu, in case you don’t know, … Continue reading

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Please excuse our closed because for renovations…

I will be taking a hiatus from this blog, in case you couldn’t tell.  For a while I will be blogging  Near a Volcano. Helen and I will be writing and posting photographs while we are in Jerusalem.  Please join … Continue reading

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Welcome back

College is over for the summer (read my thoughts about that on the Oberlin College admissions blog) and I can finally devote myself full time to screwing around on the Internet, at least until I leave for the Middle East … Continue reading

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Ahlan wa Sahlan

Welcome to Next Year In, my new blog.  If you are interested in Israeli-Palestinian relations, The Wire, the presidential primaries, Bob Dylan, Syrian-Turkish relations, New Jersey breweries, Burma, the State of the Union, Oberlin College, hating CNN, or beer, then I think … Continue reading

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