Opinion

Why an ex-congressman is living in a ‘safe house’ from Trump

Elizabeth Becker, a former Post correspondent, began her career covering the war in Cambodia and its aftermath under Pol Pot. She is the author of five books, including “You Don’t Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War.”

CIVRAC-EN-MÉDOC, France — Jim McDermott never intended to become an expatriate. But from his first day in this tiny village near Bordeaux, he felt strangely at home. “I relaxed for the first time in years. My shoulders weren’t all bunched up to my ears.”