I never cease to be amazed at the similarities of people from all over the world, every ethnicity, every country, and how small the world has become making it easier to learn about each other. I was recently in Kyoto, Japan, and was stopped on the street by a gentleman who wished to welcome me to his city. It turned out that he was educated in the U.S. at the same schools that I was. He had recently retired as Professor of English Language and Semantics at the University of Kyoto. As we spoke...