Category: Travel

True Road Warrior: Business Travel in a Non-Profit World

By psychologistmimi on August 11, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

In the words of Sir Adam Thomson, founder of British Caledonian Airlines, “A recession is when you have to tighten your belt; depression is when you have no belt to tighten. When you’ve lost your trousers—you’re in the airline business”. Anybody who travels for work can vouch for […]

The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly of Ethnic and Racial “Passing” (oh the politics)

By psychologistmimi on August 5, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

The ability to “pass” is often a loaded term and a loaded action. My son and I both can “pass” in different contexts for different ethnic or racial groups. When I visited Egypt, they thought I was French. When I lived in Spain, they thought I was Tunisian. […]