Divided we stand
MARTIANS against Venusians. Cowboys against surrender-monkeys. Religious fanatics against godless cynics. Lard-butts against leisure-lovers. The many recent popular caricatures of how America and Europe are now divided, supposedly inexorably rather than just over Iraq or terrorism, do not impress Timothy Garton Ash.
This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition under the headline “Divided we stand”
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