Dan Coffey recently spent 8 days in Laos. Laos is the Paraguay of Southeast Asia.…
Columbus Day Rant, by Dan Coffey | Columbus’s Biases are So Strong, They’re Almost Cute
Dan Coffey, international writer As I sit here in my house in Paraguay, I have…
Dan Coffey’s “Best of 2011” List | Featuring the Best of the Worst
Being habitually negative, I don’t naturally gravitate toward “best of” lists. But then I thought,…
Love to Take Those Pictures | Forget Sunsets—Portraits Rule!
What’s the most important part of a portrait? The eyes. I’ve been in love with photography…
Webinars or Snoozinars? by Dan Coffey | Let’s Just Say It: Webinars are Bo-o-o-oring
At the school where I teach, I recently tried in vain to stick out a…
Iowa, the Hyper-Normal State, by Dan Coffey | Let’s Hear It for 9 PM Bedtime!
The women’s fashion industry serves to limit the number of women who can be considered…
Back to the Garden, by Dan Coffey | A Little Old-Fashioned Hands-on Creativity
Mexico is by far the richest country in Central America. You want to see poor,…
Life is Exactly as it Should Be, by Dan Coffey | How Miserable or Happy Do I Want to Be?
The road to sanity gets narrower the longer life goes on. Every few feet or…
Movies: The Best and the Worst, by Dan Coffey | It All Starts with Plan Nine from Outer Space
With summer and its blockbuster films approaching, we might pause to ask, “What’s the worst…
How to Stop Wars, by Dan Coffey | Getting to Know Our "Enemies"
I propose that we come up with a simple precaution against prematurely going to war.…
The Concept of “School” is a Rotten One, by Dan Coffey | An Alternative to Dull Submission
Some of the dullest people I know have doctorates. The letters “Ph.D.” after their name…
Whatever Happened to Silence? by Dan Coffey | An Argument for Peace & Quiet
If you’ve ever worked in retail over the Christmas holidays, you know that the biggest…
Who Needs A Refuge, Anyway? by Dan Coffey | Living in the Shadow of Twin Volcanoes
Out of the midst of the beautiful Lake Nicaragua spring two magnificent pyramids, clad in…
Out of Control and Loving It, by Dan Coffey | Out of Control and Loving It
The voices in our head that call for us to judge quickly and correctly are…
Seize the Day, ‘Cause Everything’s Temporary, by Dan Coffey
I recently bought a CD of disco’s greatest hits. I played the whole thing through…