April 7th, 2011
U.S. not last in everything
[Europeans’] working hours, vacation, and parental leave are staggeringly more family-friendly. We’re falling behind. Debts and wars, income inequality, a curdling political culture, and Charlie Sheen have knocked us off our national stride.

I have but three words for those flag-torching ingrates who don’t know how good we have it in the homeland appliance department: We’re No. 1!

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Slate Mark Vanhoenacker U.S. Decline Satire
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