Travel Discrimination: Might Save Your Life!

Have you ever walked down a street, changing directions when you saw someone that gave you a bad feeling? Afterward, did you realize what you did is arguably sexist, racist, ageist, or some kind of cultural discrimination? In Central and Southeast Asia, I have had many such situations and am convinced that demographic discrimination (profiling)
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Talk Radio Makes Driving Safer

Have you ever been on a long road trip and nearly been killed because of fatigue? I have. Among many longer-than-safe roadtrips, including a 24-hour marathon drive, I’ve fallen asleep at the wheel, driven through stoplights I didn’t see, almost hit other vehicles, and almost driven completely off the road. On my most recent cross
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Travel Safety Ponderings

Let’s face it: there are some very scary places on this planet. Aside from watching violence as entertainment and news, we don’t allow ourselves to think twice about violent crimes ever happening to us. Now that I am faced with planning details of my journey, and am quickly approaching the first leg of travel, the
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