flu — what is “extreme government?” You know, the US locks up the largest number of people (proportional to population) of any “free world”/”developed” country, yet it claims to be free. I’m literally in grad school in the US to make myself more marketable to foreign Ph. D. programs — I plan to cut and run as soon as I can.

Germany is great. I won’t have to worry about college funds for my kids there, since higher ed is nearly free. They have beautiful, fast, amazing trains that are relatively cheap to ride. Their culture is much less prudish than the US, I can enjoy the beach on my own terms, if you know what I mean.