Michael Varga

July 1, 2020. No one forgets the day they first hear “You have cancer.” You wonder immediately how quickly it will kill you,...

In the summer of 2020, I was diagnosed with cancer of the tongue and lymph nodes. In October I had surgery, removing more than...

Visiting three islands of Hawaii (Oahu, The Big Island, and Maui) leaves one with a mixed sense of how the sacred rhythms are...

Visiting Iceland leaves one with a feeling of awe at the incredible resilience of the Icelanders. The country is populated with volcanoes in...

On a trip to Costa Rica, I re-discovered some of the joys of my life. As a diplomat I had often traveled. It...

After watching Donald Trump in the White House for a mere 20 days one is left with the exhaustion that usually accompanies any...

My sister died in 2014. That doesn’t sound so long ago in the context of just beginning 2016. And yet, grieving her absence,...

Sri Lanka is an ancient civilization, dating back 30,000 years. The island off the coast of India in the Indian Ocean is a...

After a series of deaths among my group of friends over the last few months, recently we escaped to the mountains of northern...

Speaker of the House John Boehner has invited the Israeli Prime Minister to address Congress. He’s entitled to invite anyone to speak, but...