A WALL OR NOT THE QUESTION SHAKING UP AMERICA By Harold Stephens “There’s something about a wall,” wrote Robert Frost in his poem The Mending Wall, and then he asked—“is a wall is to keep someone in or to keep something out.” That seems to be the question in America these days: should the government build…
A CASTLE IN THE JUNGLE By Harold Stephens Editors note: The following story about Kelley’s Castle is taken from the chapter “The Search for Lost Cities” in Harold Stephens’ book “Return to Adventure Southeast Asia.” It is interesting to note that one of the location scenes for the recent movie “Anna and the King of…
JIM THOMPSON AND OTHER WHITE SHADOWS By Harold Stephens I was in Khao San Road the other day—to find out what the fuss is about the place—and sat drinking a Fanta in a street side café. At the next table were two backpackers, and I couldn’t help overhearing their conversation. One backpacker mentioned he had…
