But he was so casual and good-natured that I almost forgot how freakish it would have been to blithely disrobe among the boys I knew back home.

WSJ: My Foreign-Exchange Family, the Nudists

Perhaps the message could have been driven home that when I came back I wouldn't be different, and wouldn't need to be treated differently.

BBC: 'The room fell deadly silent'

And a lot of people here in Congress who in the past may not have been so concerned about the issue are catching on that people back home want action, and I think they're going to be prepared to vote for strong legislation.

NPR: Climate Change Grabs Congressional Attention