58% of parents want the government to do what they should be doingthemselves

These tests are reliable when (and only when) used as they should be. Like pregnancy tests that "say" a can of Coke is expecting - except it's just a matter of pH.

A side note about access to information. Once you remove people with a personal connection to Russia (or former USSR), whose opinion is no doubt already formed... what part of Americans knows enough Russian to read Russian newspapers? listen to Russian radio? watch Russian TV? 1%? 0.1%? it's a fairee guess it's even less . And now, what share of Russians understand & speak English? let's say one out of four. But the longer people went to school, and the younger they are, the higher the share. Nearly 100% of Russian under 50 yo who went to university speak enough English to read, say, Slashdot. Of course translations exists but... there are some limits, for instance in the choice of what which will be translated to you. As German Chancelor Willy Brandt said: "If I’m selling to you, I speak your language. If I’m buying, dann müssen Sie Deutsch sprechen!" (...you must speak German) And that goes well beyond the linguistic aspect alone. From a cultural point of view, the world is nourished by American products (movies, songs, series, games, etc.) and by Amercan history but the opposite is not true. In other words, without breaking their head, the average Russian can name dozens states of the USA, hundred actors, and so on. How many regions of Russia can an American name? how many Russian actors? how many Russian songs can he sing? probably none, and he doesn't care: he doesn't need the knowledge. Did you notice? I wrote a few lines above "As German Chancelor Willy Brandt". Had I written "Willy Brandt", a lot of slashdoters (most of whom seem to be American or equivalent) wouldn't have understood who I'm talking about. Whereas if I write "Jimmy Carter", the whole world knows him. Et puis voilà.

There is no €4,000 check for you to buy an e-bike in France. It's a refund of 40% of the price of a new e-bike, within a limit of €4,000, if you give up your car (which you must own since over 1 year), and if your taxable income is under €6300/year/person (children counting for half a person), which means over 80% of French households are "too rich" to apply for the refund. In other words, to get €4,000 you need to pay €6,000 of your own money and give up a car, and at the same time you must be quite poor, so you can't afford an €10,000 e-bike (the price is insane! we're talking an electrically-assisted bike, not an electric motorbike) and you probabily can't afford a car Also: the French governement won't spend 250 millions to make Paris bikeable. The City of Paris will. Nice article, as far as entertainment is concerned. If you're interested in facts, it's poorly written.