In opening their borders to Muslim extremists, Europeans have effectively let the Orcs into the Shire. What is worse, they still don’t seem to recognize the fact. Take, for example, the April 7th terrorist attack here in Stockholm. On that day, Rakhmat Akilov, a Muslim immigrant and asylum-seeker stole a beer truck in the heart … Read more
Visiting a city and want a bit of local flavor? Take a guided tour. While there is no substitute for exploring on your own, meeting people, and research, a good guided tour—and sometimes even a bad one—will tell you a lot about what the locals think is important in their city, how they see themselves, … Read more
Let’s take a moment to recall what this project is all about. We are seeking to answer the question: If America is not great, then who is? Michael Moore style America-bashing is very much in style. Whether it is Ashley Judd shouting on the Washington Mall, George Soros-funded protests, or Barack Obama apologizing for American … Read more
Throughout much of its history, the story of England was one of remarkable good fortune. Indeed, when considering the scope of the tiny island nation’s success, one is tempted to conclude that there must have been some unseen Hand of Providence guiding it all. Consider the geography that preserved it time and again from the … Read more
We are now in the fourth quarter of the Around the World in 80 Days project. To recap the countries covered thus far: Birmingham, Alabama > Los Angeles, California > Auckland, New Zealand > Brisbane, Australia > Tokyo, Japan > Okinawa, Japan > Singapore > Hong Kong, China > Delhi, India > Moscow, Russia > … Read more
Herman Melville, a travel writer of sorts, was not impressed with Lima. In his classic Moby Dick, Melville says of the city: “Nor is it, altogether, the remembrance of her cathedral-toppling earthquakes; nor the stampedoes of her frantic seas: nor the tearlessness of arid skies that never rain; nor the sight of her wide … Read more
At this moment, I am on a flight following the spine of the Andes northward from Santiago, Chile to Lima, Peru. Running some 4,300 miles, the Andes are the longest continuous mountain range in the world. Looking out on the endless snowcapped peaks, I am reminded of the 90s film, Alive. It is the story … Read more