Beirut Gets its Flights Back

I spent some time on the radio this morning, chatting with Brad Shepard about the current state of affairs in airport security. Before my segment, Brad was chatting about Fanny Foxe, the famous stripper who almost undid the career of Sen. Walter Mills back in 1972, when they were caught in Washington’s Tidal Basin, dripping and guilty. In spite of this scandal, the senator was re-elected and served many more years after this offense. Funny that I recall this event, even though I was only 15 at the time.

I was happy to read today that Lufthansa and other airlines have resumed flights to Beirut, just six days after the war is over. I thought the runways were all bombed but apparently, not enough to keep out the Germans. I had heard from another writer that Lebanon is one of the most beautiful places in the whole world, that she couldn’t stop writing about its charms. Of course this was before the Israeli dismantlement. But I think Lebanon will come back and be a tourist destination again. Tourism, our business, is the solution to the world’s economic troubles, it unifies and brings in ‘recyclable’ money, and for that reason, even places like Nigeria are trying to figure out how to get more people to visit.