Beating a Dead Horse By Now

I know what I said yesterday about my anecdotal evidence to the contrary of those that are reporting rampant harassment of Americans across Europe, and I still stand by what I said, but I'm also big enough to admit, under the weighted strain of one fiery Belgian's forceful argument, that I should not ignore the broader dynamics of anti-Americanism itself. The bottle of wine I just drank, though, is close to setting in; so this is where Simon Schama's essay in The New Yorker comes into play. Obviously, as Scott Marten over at Pedantry points out, the story Schama tells begs the telling of its converse -- the history of anti-Europeanism in America -- but it's a start. Definitely worth checking out.