So instead of telling you about the profound observations he made about us, I’ll relate the story of his rambles through America. Naturally, when they asked where the forests were, Americans laughed their heads off and pointed there, and there, and there. They went across the river in a canoe and encountered what Tocqueville called “the curse of the American wilderness.” –Copyright 2026 Alexandra Paskhaver, distributed exclusively by Cagle Cartoons newspaper syndicate. Alexandra Paskhaver is a software engineer and writer.