THE AMERICAN ^REEXPATRIATE

"America is often portrayed as an ignorant, unsophisticated sort of place, full of bible bashers and ruled to a dangerous extent by trashy television, superstition and religious bigotry, a place lacking in respect for evidence based knowledge. I know that is how it is portrayed because I have done my bit to paint that picture..." BBC's Washington correspondent Justin Webb, in a remarkably frank admission of his role in misinforming the British public about America and Americans

Wednesday, June 29, 2005

The importance of being Mayor

Doing their best to prove that being mayor of a big, cosmopolitan city is a job of the utmost importance, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg sets his sights on the public scourge of coffee drinkers on the subway, while London Mayor Ken Livingstone targets profligate toilet flushers.

Keep up the good work, gentlemen. God knows what we would do without you.