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NUREMBERG, Germany —<\/strong> My journey abroad is beginning to commence to come to an end. I only have a couple more nights in Bavaria before I board a jet for home.<\/p>\n

I want to stipulate two critical points.<\/p>\n

One is that I am a true-blue American patriot who served his country in war, who pays his taxes without bitching about it and who salutes the flag whenever it flies in front of me.<\/p>\n

I also know my country if far from perfect and my aim always in criticizing public policy decisions is to get policymakers to do better.<\/p>\n

The other critical point is that whenever I travel to non-English-speaking places around the world, I am a bit self-conscious over my inability to communicate in their<\/em> language, forcing them to do so in mine. I get that English is the international language of commerce and transportation. But still …<\/p>\n

My trip to Germany has been eventful and full of new experiences. I came back to Nuremberg to catch up with two dear friends, a husband and wife who greeted my bride and me in 2016 when we came here the first time. Kathy Anne is gone now and my return was tinged just a bit with sadness. As I told my friends, though, I am moving on with my life just as my wife insisted I do.\u00a0<\/em>They get it.<\/p>\n

I have seen once more how Europeans have developed rail travel almost to an art form. I have learned how they have crafted a sustainable energy policy that relies almost exclusively on renewable sources of energy. I also have learned how Germans encourage young people to serve their country in a voluntary public service capacity before embarking on their own careers. And … I have learned that higher education in Germany is free.<\/p>\n

We don’t do everything perfectly in the country of my birth. A globalist view of our national development seemingly would require us to examine how other nations in our shrinking world handle their everyday affairs. Why not, then, take a peek?<\/p>\n

My trip abroad is nearing its end. I will take back many more cherished memories of my time here … and also with fuel for thought that all of us at least should consider.<\/p>\n\n

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