Cairo, Egypt Part of the totality of a place is its politics, and in long-term travel you'll likely pass through a variety of political landscapes that affect the lives of the people who call a place home. The Egyptian man above, for example, challenged the legitimacy of his President's 30-year-old rule and on February 2...

Now...although most folks I talk to say that travel has made them more liberal, I don't know if there's a cause-and-effect relationship between travel and political views. However, while reading this interview with 30 year-old Jake Towne , the local third-party Libertarian/Tea Party congressional candidate here in Allentown, PA, I couldn't help but notice his...