There Are Few Tribes More Loathsome Than

Most Successful American Politicians Look Well-fed On Endorsements, Campaign Contributions And Chicken Dinners.

Some Government Expenditure Actually Makes A Profit. Our Theatre Leads The World. Loads Of Tourists Must Be Attracted By The Fact That You Could Spend A Week In London Doing Nothing But Visit Superb Museums And Galleries, Free.

The British Are The Last National Group Who Can Be Insulted By Hollywood Without Any Comeback. These Days If You Depict Italians As Gangsters, Saudis As Terrorists Or Mexicans As Violent Drug Dealers You'll Never Hear The End Of It. But As Still The Largest - And Possibly The Richest - Ethnic Group In The States, The British Just Have To Take It.

Living In New York Is Like Being At Some Terrible Late-night Party. You're Tired, You've Had A Headache Since You Arrived, But You Can't Leave Because Then You'd Miss The Party.

Disney World Has Acquired By Now Something Of The Air Of A National Shrine. American Parents Who Don't Take Their Children There Sense Obscurely That They Have Failed In Some Fundamental Way, Like Muslims Who Never Made It To Mecca.