(Un)welcome to the United States
Since 9/11 I've reentered the United States from travel abroad more than a dozen times. Each time, it is more unpleasant. Many people I've met in other countries who have…
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I've seen perhaps six or seven corridas (bullfights) in my life. Most of those were in the late 70s in Madrid and Barcelona…back when Barcelona had corridas. We saw some good ones, and some bad ones. We saw some brave bulls and toreros, and we saw other days when the bulls and toreros seemed to be running away from, rather than toward, each other.
