I have no clan.

Perhaps what makes me a cosmopolite is that I have no clan. I had never thought of this explicitly before, though I had thought of all the pieces that make up the idea. I don't have a hometown to which I have an allegiance. I've lived in many towns and I aspire to live in many countries. I have family, but they are here and there and don't tie me to one particular place. I enjoy my country, I'm proud of many things and not so proud of others, and on net think it has been a positive force in the human project. I was asked once what was so special about my country, what made it better and I knew the answer. I believe it is the constitution, which I think, overall, is a masterpiece of arranging human interests. But this constitution and its underlying concepts and framework could work anywhere. It has universal qualities. I don't think the people here are all that different than most.

So, I have no clan. I am a member of the human race. I'm still working on what that means in my life.