Poland and the United States: all that begins must end

With my previous entry, I wrapped up an impromptu series of articles that chronicled my childhood experiences in Poland and compared the culture I grew up with to the American society that I'm living in today. For the readers who want to be able to navigate the series without scrolling endlessly, I wanted to put together a quick table of contents. Here it goes.

The entry that started it all:

• "On journeys" - a personal story recounting my travels from Poland to the US.
  
  

Oh, the places you won't go:

• The politics of Poland - a retrospective look at the politics of a state emerging from under a communist rule,
  
  
• Polonia in the United States - looking at the Polish diaspora in the States and its connection to the homeland.
  
  

Poland (and Europe) vs the United States:

• Firearms - a look at the gun culture of the United States (plus some interesting stats and a debate explainer to boot),
  
  
• Civil liberties - a comparison of the attitudes toward a couple of fundamental freedoms,
  
  
• Friends & acquitances - on small talk, interpersonal attitudes, and workplace relationships,
  
  
• Suburban sprawl - a look at suburban living and the rural America,
  
  
• The cutting edge of technology - the role of high-tech gadgets and design aesthetics in everyday lives,
  
  
• Crime and punishment - the attitudes to sentencing and incarceration,
  
  
• Immigration - the differing sentiments toward migrants and cultural assimilation,
  
  
• Governance - comparing European unitary governments and the United States,
  
  
• Work and entitlements - on employment law and the American Dream,
  
  
• American exceptionalism - the perils and the necessity of arrogance.
  
  

And now, back to the regularly scheduled programming...