Sophisticated Europe rolls its eyes at silly American concern over the WikiLeaks revelations. The Times takes Europe's side, seeing the concern as a betrayal of American ideals neither the Times ...
Science writer John Tierney finds other reasons besides lack of socialized medicine for America's low life expectancy compared to Europe: We used to smoke a lot more, for one.
"It is those kinds of assumptions - that the citizens of foreign countries want to be liberated by America and live like Americans - that can really get under people's skin."
