Entering Another Country

I haven’t tried to cross every one of them, but so far I’ve never felt welcome at another country’s border.

Maybe it doesn’t matter. Once you’re in, lots of countries are very welcoming, but you’d never know it at the border, where suspicion and discomfort rule.

There are people whose potential misbehavior warrants that suspicion, I’m sure. But why not try to make people feel welcome, while…