On Being An Example

Lately and for various reasons I’ve been thinking a lot about Europe.

I’m not here to rag on Europe — mostly because I’ve been told that’s just plain mean — but rather to reflect how very fundamentally different they are from us. Mostly because they are. And the differences infuriate them and worry their “leadership” while we mostly aren’t aware there are any differences, take everything Europe says at face value and sometimes think there’s a lot we should learn from them.

Or believe...