Nasty, Brutish—and Short:
Our favorite pinko-commie New York Times columnist, Paul Krugman, points out some disturbing facts in his column today: Americans not only have poorer healthcare, eating habits, parenting skills, and working conditions than their Western European counterparts, but we are also shorter. No wonder basketball dominance has slipped out of our hands.
A curious detail in the article is that Americans in 1830 were on the average one and a half inches taller than they were in 1890, dispelling the myth that we have been steadily growing taller throughout our history.
As it turns out, while a few of us have been growing unbelievably rich in this country, most of us have been working ourselves to a nubbin' of what we once were to make them so. Anybody surprised?
Note: Americans work longer hours, have poorer health care, eat more junk/fast food, and spend far less time with our children on average than do our European counterparts. Who benefits from this behavior?
Our favorite pinko-commie New York Times columnist, Paul Krugman, points out some disturbing facts in his column today: Americans not only have poorer healthcare, eating habits, parenting skills, and working conditions than their Western European counterparts, but we are also shorter. No wonder basketball dominance has slipped out of our hands.
A curious detail in the article is that Americans in 1830 were on the average one and a half inches taller than they were in 1890, dispelling the myth that we have been steadily growing taller throughout our history.
As it turns out, while a few of us have been growing unbelievably rich in this country, most of us have been working ourselves to a nubbin' of what we once were to make them so. Anybody surprised?
Note: Americans work longer hours, have poorer health care, eat more junk/fast food, and spend far less time with our children on average than do our European counterparts. Who benefits from this behavior?
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