A firsthand photograph of the catastrophic damage to the Pentagon’s west facade after the September 11, 2001 attack. The image shows the exposed E Ring, fire damage, structural collapse, and early stabilization work following the crash of hijacked American Airlines Flight 77.…
Why I keep coming back to Flickr—and a few of the photographers there who have taught me new ways of seeing.…
Sometimes the most revealing stories are found not in the headlines, but in the court filings.…
For forty years I walked past an anonymous building on Constitution Avenue. Then a side door on C Street opened onto an indoor sun.…
Om Malik’s writing and photography reminded me that meaningful relationships can be formed across the open web, even between people who never meet.…
A Washington fixture, closed for four years, reimagined for the next century.…
I have only two memories of my mother; everything else is a question.…
Sources you can trust…
A return to Squirrel Hill, Mineo’s Pizza, and an understanding of my father that took decades to arrive.…
From shocking to beloved — what the Pompidou taught me about a city that evolves.…
After decades of visiting Nuremberg, I finally stood on the grounds where Hitler once addressed thousands of followers.…
Visiting Częstochowa, Poland — the city where my father once walked as a young man before World War II.…