Costa Rica?

Within the space of a few days, Rod Dreher comes across three separate families he describes as "ordinary, conservative, middle-class professional, Christian" with the same idea — Leaving America.

I've always held the real one in such high esteem, that maybe I should give some thought to the "Switzerland of Central America." My previous posts about the country have been positive. (1) In 2004, I noted her president's "initiative for [an] international ban on human cloning" and that he was "not only a staunch pro-lifer, but perhaps a granola conservative as well" — His Excellency Dr. Abel Pacheco de la Espriella, President of the Republic of Costa Rica . (2) Last year, I noted that she was among "the Axis of Good" in outlawing the morning after pill — ¡Viva Chile! (3) Also last year, I issued a "call to follow the lead of Costa Rica and simply abolish the military" — Bacevich in Commonweal.