One of my friends wrote to ask if we’re ready to return to the snow of Boston. In another dose of American reality, we woke up to the above headline in the Sunday paper: our less than esteemed Sen. McCain right here in Cartagena to pitch a trade deal. We saw a pesky black helicopter overhead Fri night and Sat afternoon; it was probably presidente Juan Manuel Santos’ “Air Force One”.
McCain was also here to view the natural disaster areas. I wish he could have experienced it our way: in his “Straight Talk Express” bus stuck in 20 hours of traffic as cars squeeze past still-lingering cascades of muck on the road. Leave the helicopter behind!