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Eric Fichtl
<p>A pair of hikers heading toward the Sas de Pütia / Peitlerkofel peak, visible during a brief clearing in the mists and clouds that were whipping around up there. </p>

Thanks for visiting. This website features my photography, writing, and a bit about me.

PHOTOS

Here is a random sample of my photos. Visit my galleries for many more.


<p>A street scene in old Havana.</p>
<p>One of Venice's narrow passageways.</p>
<p>Flagbearers watching the warm-ups at a 2009 match between Energie Cottbus and Hertha BSC in the Stadion der Freundschaft.<br /></p>
<p>A scene along a trail in the Isarco valley, near Sciaves / Schabs.</p>
<p>Faint snow falls over rolling hills in the Märkische Schweiz region.</p>
<p>A clearing in a forest in Argentina's far south.<br /></p>
<p>Encountered on a central Sofia side street. </p>
<p>A woman dashes toward the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a striking and strange Soviet take on post-modernism by architect Yuri Platonov.</p>
TEXTS

A lot of what I write professionally carries no byline. Here are some of the works I have put my name to.

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Free Speech and the Limits of Tolerance: The Case of David Irving

Is it acceptable to impede the airing of unpopular ideas, or do we all lose out by trying to do so?
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Washington’s New Weapon in the War on Drugs

Washington’s drug warriors claim Fusarium oxysporum will eradicate illicit crops in a “tested, environmentally safe” manner.
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Are They Civilians or Mercenaries?

Misleading government statements mask the actual extent of Washington’s military involvement in Colombia.