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of the housing and stock markets, the costly specter of global warming, and
the meteoric rise of India and China as economic giants.
In this Global Age, the world's problems are
our
problems. It'll be all hands
on deck. We need to address these challenges honestly and wisely. Lessons
learned from our travels can better equip us to address and help resolve the
challenges facing our world. We travelers are both America's ambassadors to
the world...and the world's ambassadors to America.
Whether you're a mom, a schoolteacher, a celebrity, a realtor, or a travel
writer, it's wrong to stop paying attention and let others (generally with a
vested interest in the situation) make political decisions for us. Our found-
ing fathers didn't envision career politicians and professional talking heads
doing our political thinking for us. All are welcome in the political discourse
that guides this nation.
h oughtful travelers know that we're all citizens of the world and mem-
bers of a global family. Spinning from Scotland to Sri Lanka, from Tacoma
to Tehran, travelers experience the world like whirling dervishes: We keep
one foot planted in our homeland, while acknowledging the diversity of our
vast world. We celebrate the abundant and good life we've been given and
work to help those blessings shower more equitably upon all.