Overheard on the Web, and other Web links From The Herald's Research Editor
Saturday, November 06, 2004
Moving?
Thinking about leaving the country since you don't like the election results? (Boy, does this remind me of the Nixon years.) You may have heard about this article in Harper's magazine, Electing To Leave, which tells you what it takes to get residency or citizenship in several other countries:
"Canada, in particular, is no longer a paradise awaiting American dissidents: whereas in 1970 roughly 20,000 Americans became permanent residents of Canada, that number has dropped over the last decade to an average of just about 5,000."
In France, "...Assimilation is reserved for persons of non-French descent who are able to prove that they are more French than American, having mastered the language as well as the philosophy of the French way of life. "
Elisabeth (Liz) Donovan was a Herald librarian for 10 years, and Research Editor for 13 years. She came to The Herald in 1981, following several years at the
Washington Post. She started blogging in 2000, with a news research blog, followed by the blog at Herald.com in 2003. A frequent speaker and writer on news research, she was honored in 2004 by the
News Division of the Special Libraries Association for her contributions to
the field.
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