Without much effort I could give you a fairly long list of the great benefits of living in the small kingdom nestled between France and The Netherlands, having grown up about an hour driving from its northern border. Great food, low taxes and unrestricted pub hours come to mind, working from memory.

Those of you have followed the free speech constraints encountered by the well-read Brussels Journal may be familiar with what WSJ’s Bret Stephens calls Belgium’s lesser charms. In case you haven’t read his OpinionJournal piece, it’s a crash course about Belgium’s political and social challenges.