Writes Gareth: Today I paid a visit to the American consulate in my hometown of Sandton, South Africa. It was built just last year on prime real estate in the city, no doubt costing tens of millions of dollars at the least. It’s a marble and concrete fortress, a bunker festooned with armed guards, barbed wire, and surveillance cameras. No parking is provided for visitors, you have to park across the street at a mall, and you have to sit beside the street outside before being harassed, interrogated, cajoled, and felt-up on your way in—just like at an airport. I … Continue reading A Visit to an Imperial Outpost