Beyond the New Carthage, Part I

My first impression of Tunisia after being gone for eight years was not good.

I wasn’t sure what to expect in the country that kicked off the Arab Spring at the tail end of 2010. More freedom? More Islamization? Perhaps a little of both? What I first found instead was more crime.

As is typical outside the United States, shady individuals approached me in the airport and asked if I wanted a taxi. They’re supposed to wait in line at the taxi stand, but the impatient and unlicensed will venture in...