News at 11

Via some mid-summer bleakness in Salon, here are "10 examples of 'European exceptionalism' and areas in which Europe is way ahead of the United States."

1. Lower Incarceration Rates
2. Less Violent Crime Than the U.S.

3. Better Sex Education Programs, Healthier Sexual Attitudes

    [3.5. Better Sex]

4. Anti-GMO Movement Much More Widespread

5. Saner Approaches to Abortion

    [5.5. Better Sex]
6. More Vacation Time

7. Universal Healthcare

8. Greater Life Expectancy
9. Mass Transit Systems
10. Europeans More Likely to Speak Foreign Languages
    [10.5. Better Sex]

10 things America does so much worse than Europe

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11. News / Journalism

... sucks in the United States.

'Twas ever thus.

We should be ashamed.