Carpetblogger

Ask Carpetblog: What is art and how can I tell?

Here's an original Carpetblog post from a December 2015 visit to the Winzavod Contemporary Art Center in Moscow. It lived up to our very high…

Jun 15 • Carpetblogger

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Another Insurmountable Cultural Obstacle Presented by Turkish Class

A Carpetblog Rerun: Originally Posted 19 August 2007

Jun 6 • Carpetblogger

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May 2026

It's Absolute Mayhem Around Here

I blame the bees

May 24 • Carpetblogger

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Den of Spies in the Kherson Reikartz

Back in the days when people could go to Kherson for its International Theater Festival or to do their jobs, you never knew who you might run into at…

May 21 • Carpetblogger

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Springtime Realignment

In which I eat my way out my problems

May 9 • Carpetblogger

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April 2026

Trump Trumped by a Central Asian Dictator

It sounded absurd in 2005 when I wrote it

Apr 30 • Carpetblogger

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Bee Intern

The burden of celebrity is heavy.

Apr 26 • Carpetblogger

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B-TSD

I invite tens of thousands of angry guests to my house

Apr 19 • Carpetblogger

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Good Museum, Bad Museum

I got mad at a museum

Apr 5 • Carpetblogger

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March 2026

Ask Carpetblogger: How did you spend the winter?

The answer may surprise you.

Mar 31 • Carpetblogger

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Gas Party At Mine!

The best investment I've made lately

Mar 17 • Carpetblogger

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February 2026

Things I Found in America...

...that are hard, if not impossible, to find in Europe. Click to see if I got some content from the Tri-States'* Hottest Cowboy (in 1986). *Which three…

Feb 21 • Carpetblogger

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