London            One of our staff and I used to joke about infrastructure.  He would come back from a vacation somewhere in the UK or Europe and laud how great the infrastructure was, and I would feebly try to defend US infrastructure.  I admit that doesn’t sound much like a knee-slapping laughter, but I’ll pretend …

             New Orleans      Over the years, I’ve put a lot of miles on airplanes.  About a million and a half on United alone, along with hundreds of thousands on American and Delta, and then a bunch on random carriers around the world.   I listen and do what they say, but I also keep my …