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September 9, 2010 Dallas, Texas, USA How would you feel if a gang of criminals broke into your home, stole your most valuable possessions, and then went on national TV to claim it was for your own good? My guess is that you would be pretty angry. Yet this is essentially what our
September 3, 2010 Dallas, Texas, USA I’ve been really humbled by all the well-wishing emails and comments this week about my father’s health. He’s doing much better, but it’s good for us to spend some time together. As I’m sure you’ll agree, there’s really nothing more important than health; all the money, freedom,
September 2, 2010 Dallas, Texas, USA The late, great comedian George Carlin once said, “I have certain rules I live by. My first rule: I don’t believe anything the government tells me.” Carlin wasn’t a fringe lunatic or conspiracy theorist by any stretch; he was simply an intelligent man who had the courage
September 1, 2010 Dallas, Texas, USA I’ve been on the ground in the United States for less than 48-hours, and it’s already become clear to me that this country is in need of some therapy. The American public seems to be getting a steady diet of negativity from the media– headlines are incredibly
August 30, 2010 Frankfurt Airport, Germany Though I’m penning this letter to you from the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, I will likely be somewhere over Nova Scotia by the time you receive it. My father is quite ill– I’m traveling to the United States to see him, as well as attend to some
August 27, 2010 Vilnius, Lithuania I’m really excited about something. While I have no Polish ancestry, I thought it might be useful to you if I found and published a reliable immigration resource while I was in Poland a few weeks ago. After spending a lot of time interviewing various attorneys and testing
August 24, 2010 Paris, France Yesterday I wrote to you about Sophia Antipolis, a beautiful place in the South of France that’s just about perfect for expats with families who don’t want to make any compromises… what I call the “Internationalists” from the 7 expat categories. Today I want to tell you about
August 23, 2010 Somewhere in France I’ve spent the weekend exploring a wonderful place in the south of France that definitely has something for everyone. I recognize that there are a lot of people interested in expatriation… but they’re picky. Maybe they don’t feel safe in some countries, don’t want to deal with
August 20, 2010 Paris, France I met a French couple last week when I was vacationing in the Tatra mountains of southern Poland, and I had a rather rude awakening: my French has gotten terribly rusty. I stammer in mid-sentence and fill the awkward gaps with Spanish and Portuguese words as an odd
August 19, 2010 Krakow, Poland I took a short tour to the Auschwitz museum a few days ago. It was my second time there, and I still lack the words to adequately describe the experience. If you’ve ever been to the Grand Canyon and seen that vast expansiveness first hand, you probably thought
August 17, 2010 Krakow, Poland I opened up the papers a few days ago, and the top story really surprised me. The Russian government announced that it was banning grain and flour exports through the rest of the year. Belarus and Kazakhstan may do the same. Russia is dealing with record drought and
August 16, 2010 Zakopane, Poland I am a mountain person. There’s something about peaks that just makes my heart sing; I’ll take fresh mountain air over beaches any day of the week. The really interesting thing about the mountains, though, is how unpredictable and unforgiving they can be. I was given a friendly
August 13, 2010 Zakopane National Park, Poland After finishing off a very successful liberty camp yesterday, some friends and I arrived in southern Poland last night where we plan on spending the weekend rock climbing in the High Tatra mountains. Perhaps it’s not particularly auspicious to kick off this trip on Friday the
August 12, 2010 Trakai, Lithuania The last couple of days have been among the most rewarding of my entire life. Since Sunday morning, I had the honor of hosting 50 Eastern European university students at a small, boutique resort that I rented just outside of Trakai, Lithuania. Most of these students grew up
August 9, 2010 Trakai, Lithuania Do you remember when the FBI used to be an ethical, highly respected police agency with only the purest of intentions? Neither do I. As far back as I recall, the FBI was the butt of jokes, jeered and sneered for its incompetence, bureaucracy, and extortionist approaches to