Tag: Rick Steves
Rick Steves on Legalizing Pot in Washington
by Jim Benning | 11.11.12 | 10:31 PM ET
A few days before voters in Washingston state legalized marijuana for recreational use, Rick Steves wrote an op-ed in the Seattle Times in support of the measure.
Initiative 502 is not pro-pot. Rather, it’s anti-prohibition. We believe that, like the laws that criminalized alcohol back in the 1930s, our current laws against marijuana use are causing more harm to our society than the drug itself.
Marijuana is a drug. It’s not good for you. It can be addictive. But marijuana is here to stay. No amount of wishing will bring us a utopian drug-free society.
Not surprisingly, in the days since the passage of these laws in Washington and Colorado, some have wondered if we’ll see the dawn of American marijuana tourism.
In Italy, a Toast to American Breakfasts
by Rick Steves | 06.27.11 | 1:17 PM ET
On eating in Europe, and what Europeans have to say about American cooking
Front Row at Pamplona’s Running of the Bulls
by Rick Steves | 07.27.10 | 2:09 PM ET
On watching the mad, red-and-white scramble at Spain's legendary Festival of San Fermín
Dingle, Ireland: In Praise of a Humble Town
by Rick Steves | 06.14.10 | 12:41 PM ET
On one of Ireland's national parks of traditional culture
The Back Lanes of Tangier
by Rick Steves | 05.18.10 | 12:11 PM ET
On the pleasures of wandering in the evolving Moroccan city
Among the Cherry Blossoms in Washington, D.C.
by Rick Steves | 03.30.10 | 2:56 PM ET
Celebrating the arrival of spring and powerful words on a visit to the FDR Memorial
Haiti: Give Aid or Deal With the Roots of the Problem?
by Rick Steves | 02.08.10 | 3:57 PM ET
On the question few people are asking about Haiti after the earthquake
Resolutions for Travel in the New Year
by Rick Steves | 01.04.10 | 11:12 AM ET
On what he wants to do more of in 2010, from taking photos to embracing technology
Travel Writer as Curator
by Rick Steves | 11.03.09 | 9:51 AM ET
On the state of newspapers and the role of tour guides and guidebook writers
Reviving Brand America
by Rick Steves | 09.17.09 | 11:57 AM ET
Exploring Europe, exploring travel as a political act
European Flesh and the American Prude
by Rick Steves | 09.08.09 | 12:54 PM ET
Exploring Europe, exploring travel as a political act
The Virtue of European Tolerance
by Rick Steves | 09.01.09 | 10:23 AM ET
Exploring Europe, exploring travel as a political act
Immigrants, Treasure Your Heritage—and Melt
by Rick Steves | 08.26.09 | 11:43 AM ET
Exploring Europe, exploring travel as a political act
Rick Steves and David Sedaris, Redux
by Eva Holland | 07.28.09 | 10:55 AM ET
This weekend on his radio show, Rick Steves re-played an entertaining interview with David Sedaris on his time as an expat in Paris and Tokyo. In case you missed it when it first aired last fall, here it is in full.
Rick Steves, It’s Time For a Tijuana-Off!
by Jim Benning | 06.12.07 | 6:09 PM ET
The travel guru recently suggested that the Mexican border city is a hellhole. Tijuana-defender Jim Benning invites him to go mano a mano, travel writer-style, south of the border.
Rick Steves: “If the Bed is Too Short, You Are Too Long”
by Jim Benning | 01.20.06 | 1:50 PM ET
I didn’t come across anything I didn’t already know about Rick Steves in yesterday’s Bellingham Herald profile, but I loved this quote about the bed. It perfectly summarizes Steves’ relentlessly upbeat approach to travel—an approach we could all benefit from when inevitable travel disappointments arise.
Andrew Steves: Travels in Dad’s Footsteps
by Jim Benning | 06.21.05 | 1:19 PM ET
For young Americans, the first solo trip to Europe is a rite of passage. But what's in store if your father is the king of Europe guidebook writers? Jim Benning finds out.
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