So Pithy

Apparently Berlin is where it’s at. As an American in Europe, Berlin was, if I’m not mistaken, one of the places I could have caught a fireworks display on Independence Day (in conjunction with the opening of the new US embassy, built on the same lot where the US embassy was located before World War II). Also, on Saturday the new Madame Tussauds opened in Berlin with some commotion as one man ripped Hitler’s head clean off (not that he didn’t have it coming.)

And now I hear that Barack Obama may be giving a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate. You know, á la Reagan. The word is sometime in July, but I expect it’s after I leave.