Why America Needs to Overcome Its Fear of Socialism

By Annie Mark-Westfall — LETTERS FROM BERLIN

My husband and I first visited Germany together in 2009, camping in the backyard of a friend’s small lake house on Bodensee. I cannot remember why, exactly, but for some reason the only water available to us during the day was carbonated mineral water — which I absolutely hated. And the only food available, it seemed, was sausage…

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