Whenever people ask me what my favorite destinations are, I have to fudge the answer. The truth is I'd rather go somewhere new than revisit a place, and every destination is as unique as a fingerprint, with its own pleasures and disappointments. But even though I go to many travel conferences in the course of…
Jimmy Carter, who died at age 100 on Dec. 29, 2024, traveled all over the globe as the 39th U.S. president and, in his arguably more distinguished post-presidential stretch, as a dauntless advocate for peace and human rights. But he remained unusually rooted to the rural part of Georgia where he grew up. In fact,…
Just days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning about the increased risk of dengue virus infections in the United States, Florida health officials released an alert this week about two confirmed cases of locally acquired dengue fever in the Florida Keys. The warning means the people affected by the virus didn't…