thank you thank you thank you

Finally, a wonderful piece from the Economist regarding Franco-American relations.

America has a hybrid origin — Anglo-Saxon in people but French in some culture, specifically government and philosophy (think Thomas Jefferson, French Revolution, the influence of the philosophes, etc.). Though there is at times discontent, I think it stems from the fact that we really are very similar countries, a tension that stems from expecting a lot out of one another.

New.. news. I’m going to be writing some foreign relation pieces for ablogistan.com which I’m excited about. My first piece will be about the riots in France over this summer, and what this means for assimiliation in other Western European countries with Middle Eastern populations.

In other real life news, I moved into a townhouse with Matt and Amanda in Arlington, 5 miles out of Washington DC. I’m truly a beltway bureaucrat, if I wasn’t before.