When I was a diplomat and spent years living abroad, I experienced change in my own country every time I returned for a visit.  I even sta...

When I was in Israel in July, I received an email from the Brazilian Jewish magazine Morasha, requesting that I do an article commemoratin...

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It was with both excitement and trepidation that I learned of the assignment of my friend, Foreign Service Officer classmate (1969) and fo...

Just today, I pulled up behind a car with Obama and Tim Kaine bumper stickers on it and I gave the driver a thumbs up.  I too have an Obam...