Speaker’s Corner

Surely You Can’t Be Serious!

"Airplane!" celebrates its 25th anniversary this summer. Michael Yessis looks back at a comedy classic -- and one of the greatest travel movies ever made.

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Burma’s Ongoing Cycle of Despair

Burma’s Ongoing Cycle of Despair Photo by Rolf Potts

Burma was once known as the "Golden Land" by Western adventurers. Not any longer. Under a tyrannical regime, the country's spiritual and de facto political leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, languishes in prison. For her 60th birthday, Jeff Greenwald has a gift idea.

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Tsunamis Bring Out the Best in Travelers

In much of Asia, Western tourists are best known for frittering away time on beaches and haggling over the price of $4 hotel rooms. But when the tsunamis struck, Jim Benning writes, many visitors proved worthy guests.

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