The American way of life explained to the rest of the world 9 Articles

by Holly Selph

There is a place on the coast of South Carolina where a cup of coffee is five cents. The employees remain the same, summer after summer, serving up their "World Famous Hot Dogs." Sam's Corner is packed twenty-four hours a ...read more

by Stephanie Sadler

Moving to another country put my American life into perspective. Suddenly, the world was bigger than I could ever have imagined and America seemed more physically isolated and insignificant in comparison to all that was ou...read more

by Elizabeth Wordsmith

Americans are transplants from other parts of the world. We are a blend of cultures, histories, and backgrounds. But we are still not much different than anyone else in the world except that we are taught to believe in po...read more

by Linda Burnette

The American Dream Today while on lunch break, my husband and I stopped at a convenience store in Lewisville to get some cigarettes. While he ran inside, I looked around. I saw the lady in the vehicle on one side of me...read more

by Occam's Razor

The American way of life no longer exists and perhaps never did, at least not in the sense most people in the world seem to believe. I grew up in the 60's and 70's and was taught that anyone could become president, c...read more

by Sarah Keane

The Global wife, that's me, after our family moved to the United States in July, courtesy of my husband's employer. Americans meeting us for the first time all ask if we came here straight from England. I find the questio...read more

by Jan Lightfoot

American Freedom is ONLY for the Rich Is America less than free, when Under-Paid American's, have the same rights as "Guantnamo Detainees?" American's who either cannot afford a lawyer or thinks the 6th amendment right...read more

by Kathi Chapman

The super developed, world-leading hill billy. You can barely call it the American way of life when you just go by what TV tells you. Of cause "Roxanne" shows you that American's are overweight, "Simpson's" shows you how d...read more

by Hillbilly Brit

Ah... the American dream. Freedom for all and a shelter from the cruel and corrupt world that lies far far away on distant shores.Truth is America is one of the most backward nations on the globe, but nobody has bothered t...read more