The World According to Mitch

In 1625 King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden ordered his shipyards to build (among others) a mighty fighting ship called the Vasa. He gave very specific instructions for what he wanted in this ship, how he wanted it outfitted, and made it clear that it should be the mightiest ship on the seas, and it was...

I had been prepared for the abject poverty rampant throughout India because people had warned me about it, and because I have seen the scenes on television, in movies, in journals. It was impossible to miss the signs as soon as I left the airport. As I waited for my luggage at the airport it might have...