Legal Nonresident Alien: a Scotsman in DC

Alright, folks! Happy new year. That is new YEAR, as in singular. Americans and Canadians both have this annoying habit of saying "New ...

Just when I think I'm getting used to the weird way in which this country works... Dom and I both got emails on Thursday telling us that...

Coming to the end of this Thanksgiving weekend, I wanted to write a quick note on something that I find more than a little disturbing. I...

Although a lot of the things about the US seem quite alien, there's actually one aspect of USian culture I enjoy a lot because it makes ...

One of the most striking thing about Americans is their deep and profound love of the car. The usual clichés probably apply to an extent: th...

I've been rather quiet recently, as we moved house and didn't have any internet until last week. Dom and I like to make our own brea...

One of the things that Europeans like to do is look down on America as uncultured and lacking a certain refinement that comes with having ab...