Places I won't be visiting
I can think of thousands of reasons why I don't want to visit Saudi Arabia, starting with the government-ordered killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and ending with the slender chance that I would run into Jared Kushner riding an Uber camel across the fiery sands.
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Earlier this year,
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Noodling around on the internet, I tripped across
A friend of mine, after reading
By way of tourism oddities, I recently spotted a London taxicab tricked out with a 'Greetings from New Jersey' livery, courtesy of the Garden State's travel board. I have no idea how many Londoners are hopping the pond to savor the delights of the American Dream
I wonder why.
The State Department's
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While traveling in Ireland last week, I encountered a mammoth
'For decades, the U.S. … has been seen as a synonym of freedom, of wide-open spaces, of a shared system of values and open arms,' Der Spiegel writes. 'Now, though, under President Donald Trump, all that has changed. The U.S. is becoming a no-go area for tourists.'
Soon we will be as alluring a tourist destination as Saudi Arabia — heady company indeed.
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