http://proudstars.blogspot.com/2015/11/contributing-op-ed-writer-france.html
Contributing Op-Ed Writer: France, Paradise Lost
For many, Eastern Europeans’ lack of generosity toward refugees reflects, in the words of one Guardian columnist, a fundamental “political and cultural gap” that divides the Continent. Eastern European nations threw off the Soviet yoke only a quarter-century ago and are new to the values of liberal democracy. Ethnically homogeneous, they are unused to immigration. Hence, many suggest, this insularity and prejudice.
