Cheese And Whine (We Can Be Arrogant, Too, Y'know)

Oh sure, Americans always start off excited, like this:

"Trapped by European-style Socialism—And I Love It! 

Maybe working moms can have it all—in France."

But, living in France ain't visiting Paris - same writer, 8 months later:

"After my first job interview here, I realized that progressive France might not be quite as enlightened as I thought."

Then come American musings on home, and an appreciation of conservatism:

"The United States has done just as well or better than France by most measurements at closing the workplace gender gap. Is it possible that the more Spartan benefits in the U.S. actually contribute to providing more opportunities for women? Certainly there is less of a stigma in the United States about changing jobs or even careers in mid-life than there is in France, and because U.S. employers can more easily fire people, they may be more willing to hire as well."

Americans idolizing France? Not once you know it.

As I, too, discovered, first-hand:

The ugly American's practically a french creation,...