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Monthly Archives: February 2012

Greece and Greeks

Sunday, February 19, 2012

The thing that jumped out at me in reader comments on my article in Sunday’s NYT Magazine about how Greeks are living in the midst of crisis, and in emails to me, was how much raw and ugly vituperation there … Continue reading →

Greek to Me

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

What’s it like to be living in an economy, and a country, that is imploding?  That’s what I tried to get at in my story about life in Greece in this week’s New York Times Magazine.  We have had endless … Continue reading →