Has travel become such a common commodity that people are passing up ancient architecture and natural scenery for . . . sewage plants, prisons and poverty museums? I'm not making this up. Check out Newsweek's article, Way Off the Beaten Path . A quote from one person about the sewage plant tours was funny: "Don't...

Legal justice abroad (or the lack thereof) has been in the headlines in recent weeks. Roxana Saberi , an American journalist, was convicted of spying in Iran and sentenced to eight years in Tehran's Evin Prison. Her family was initially told that she was arrested for buying a bottle of wine - forbidden in the...

When I was traveling in Thailand, I always found it curious that the easiest books to find in English were written about Westerners imprisoned in Thailand for various offenses (usually drug related). The English-language book stores had book after book after book about Westerners that made a bad choice (or a bad friend) and ended...