Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia As a perpetual traveler, it's often hard for people I meet to understand what it is I do. While blogs about how to quit your desk job and travel...
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Dateline: Makati, Philippines In the sixteenth century, the Philippines were already playing an important role in international trade. Manila, home to the important...
Will Obama declare martial law in America?
Dateline: An undisclosed location in the USSA Historically, martial law has been implemented by governments on a temporary basis, in periods of war or civil unrest, or chaos....
Is “Going Galt” immoral? Earning less to pay less tax
Dateline: Tirana, Albania “Going Galt” is the idea of basing one's life on the philosophy of John Galt, the fictional character from Ayn Rand's classic, “Atlas Shrugged”. In the...
The cost of patriotism: examples of nationalism in Europe
Dateline: Skopje, Macedonia Skopje’s city center is half Caesar’s Palace, half Turkish bazaar. The country, which declared independence from the former Yugoslavia in 1991, has...
Political dynasties: evidence of the freedom you don’t have
Dateline: Prague, Czech Republic As with most of Europe, the modern-day Czech Republic is no stranger to its share of historic political dynasties. After the establishment of the...
Who cares about the framers of the Constitution?
Dateline: Krakow, Poland Krakow is quite a charming city, although it has one fatal flaw in my mind: it's a bit too American. Now, many Polish people might find that a...
Why you need an offshore email account for privacy
Dateline: Wroclaw, Poland Communities here in Europe are still fuming over the breach of trust by their "friends" in the United States. The NSA, which spied on citizens of...
Three Historical Reasons to Leave the US
I made the last-minute decision to fly down to Italy’s Cinque Terre this weekend. There is nowhere else quite like the five gorgeous towns that make up this part of Italy’s...
The latest erosion of freedom in the United States
Dateline: Wroclaw, Poland They don't call it the Land of the Free for nothing. For years, the United States has embarked on a campaign to erode the freedoms of its citizens. The...