Comparing crime data on Missouri to Peru, along with all the other U.S., Latin America, Europe and more. Select states sorted by murder rate.
Brexit: The Gift that Keeps on Giving
While Brexit is a comedy of errors worth a thousand and one laughs, there is also light at the end of the tunnel.
How NOT to Curb Sex Tourism in Medellin
How to improve the ineffective messaging in a letter posted around Medellin condemning sex tourism or mass tourism (it’s not clear).
TIA: ‘Did You Hear About the Shooting?’
A rant to Wife about the futility of worrying about shootings and gun violence, part of the ‘This is America’ series.
I’m Emotionally Invested in this Sports Team
A primer on the St. Louis Blues’ campaign for the 2019 Stanley Cup championship (ice hockey).
TIA: ‘Pickup time is at 3:30’
Three brief anecdotes illustrate the adjustment to monochronic time orientation in Gringolandia (as opposed to polychronic in Latin America).
Expat Chronicles 