American Flag in a Shrinking Planet

American Flag in a Shrinking Planet

Slideshow: Breakfast burritos! Japanese rice candy! A Fourth of July look at the Stars and Stripes around the globe.

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‘You’re American? I Should Kill You!’
‘You’re American? I Should Kill You!’
Travel Stories: To most of his roommates at his United Arab Emirates apartment, Cory Eldridge was an exotic American. To one of them, the Iraqi who'd been held at Abu Ghraib prison, he was "President Bush."
Ten Great Travel Twitter Tweets for June
Ten Great Travel Twitter Tweets for June
Lists: What makes a good travel tweet? Here are 10 favorites from the past month.
Michael Jackson and Me: Strangers in Moscow
Michael Jackson and Me: Strangers in Moscow
Travel Stories: Jeffrey Tayler recalls a cold night in 1993 when he took a break from writing his first book to see a performance by the "King of Pop"
Non-Places and the End of Travel
Non-Places and the End of Travel
Travel Books: Frank Bures on airports, Dubai and Marc Augé's "Non-Places: An Introduction to Supermodernity"
Odd Jobs: The Grill Walker
Odd Jobs: The Grill Walker
Travel Interviews: David Farley meets a guy in Berlin who sells sausages from a grill strapped to his body
Travels in the ‘Real Iran’
Travels in the ‘Real Iran’
Eric Weiner: On the intersection of place, politics and culture

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Obama in Hawaii: Commander in Kitsch

Obama in Hawaii: Commander in Kitsch

slideshow: Obama bobbleheads! Obama license plates! Obama meets Elvis! Pam Mandel reports from the souvenir section of Obamaland.

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