The Dutch — The Dutch, like the Scandinavians, have an enviable economy and social order that’s admired by southern European countries. However, they do have a reputation of being self-righteous “know-it-alls” and very similar to their German cousins in terms of their rigidity. But they...
These kids had a relatively calm and peaceful middle school life in the midst of Clintonian utopia (depending on your point of view) where the biggest worry was whether there would be a US-Russian conflict in the Balkans. By contrast, my middle school was all about 9/11, the Patriot Act...