Republic: The Next Four Years

It's not that hard to see the future if you just follow the patterns and think for a whopping 14 seconds.

Dear Fellow Expat:

Rule One of fatherhood is simple.

When your six-year-old child is bored… she will tell you.

So, imagine the horror when she audibly said so… in a quiet Teatro dell'Opera di Roma during a performance of Swan Lake.

Her excitement was palpable when the performance started.

But about 10 minutes before the First Act closed, the arms started wailing.

The woman in the box next to us looked at us with the glare of a Salem Witch.

When Prince Siegfried finished his final dance with the crossbow at the end of Act I, he was putting the late night with our daughter out of its misery.

And with that, we returned to the hotel to put a cap on our final evening.

Oh, England is a Mess, Huh?

I watched a U.K. debate between Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labor Party leader Kier Stamer. I don’t know how England did it… but they somehow picked two less likable candidates who seem more robotic than either U.S. candidate.

Stamer’s Labor Party effectively wants to eliminate all oil production in th…