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OPINION .
Can We Come Home Again?
Even if Obama is elected, I still fear the terrible machine.
Published: Sep 3, 2008
By the time you read this, I'll be thousands of miles away, wondering if I should come home again. I expect to be in Umbria, perhaps gazing on a medieval castle and meditating on a glass of golden Orvieto.