From deToqueville on, foreigners have often been the most accurate observers of our culture. Burston continues this tradition with a frighteningly accurate analysis of the American psyche. Aside from the odd habit of referring to himself as "the foreign visitor," this is a pretty stinging critique of why we find ourselves in the messes we do.

The article seems to present his personal conjectures with no evidence of any research on what real people are thinking, and no statistics on it either.

This is silly but not funny. Nobody jokes about Obama because he's black and its politically incorrect. Obama is losing because he's far left and the country is center right. It's fashionable to dis Bush but he has been a good president with the guts to defend the country and spend his political capital. Plenty of people will vote against Obama because he is black - a lot of people, especially Hispanics, resent blacks for crime and affirmative action.

Norman Rogers is a lazy man. Smoking cigars on the back lawn all day. Has not worked an honest day in a long time. Flatulence is his middle name. Viagra is the code name for his wild side. Dishonesty is the only reason for him to break a sweat. Where is a rich, hard-working woman, that Norman can meet.... So that he can continue his sloth-like life? And can she buy him a real big house? He has a lot of baggage to move in. Norman is impotent. Norman has many children, and ex-wives, ... More »