Paul Theroux is a travel writer and novelist whose best known work, The Great Railway Bazaar, is a travelogue about a train trip from Britain through Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, and then back across Russia to his point of origin. In Ghost Train to the Eastern Star (2008) he retraced that trip. His latest novel is A Dead Hand: A Crime in Calcutta.
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If I Had a Son, He’d Look Like George Zimmerman
‘The implication of looks equating to innocence (or guilt) is illogical and emotive and divisive,... MORE
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In Defense of Rush Limbaugh
The whole Sandra Fluke business shows our smugness and hypocrisy, write Paul Theroux. MORE
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The Sixth Beatle?
George Harrison was liberated by rock and roll. Turns out Martin Scorsese was too. MORE
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Apple's Revolution
Steve Jobs’s dazzling inventions have forever changed us. MORE
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Paul Theroux Reflects on Honolulu, Hawaii
Paul Theroux lives in a small town with pretensions, fresh air, and good humor. MORE
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Travel: Dispatch from a Shrinking Planet
Google Earth, cell phones, and the Internet are all making the world seem smaller—but the illusion... MORE
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Japan Has Attracted the Sympathy of the World
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Arizona, Show Your Papers? So What!
Is asking drivers for ID in Arizona so different from cops in Italy asking train passengers for... MORE
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Islanders Eulogize Obama's 'Tutu'
Obama's grandmother was a hard worker who loved family, modesty—and Hawaiian 'ohana. MORE
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No Love For Hawaii's Most Famous Son
Governor Linda Lingle is not only campaigning against Barack Obama—she's insinuating he's not even... MORE
