All Over The U.s. There Are People

America Loves The Representation Of Its Heroes To Be Not Just Larger Than Life, But Stupendously, Awesomely Bigger Than Anything Else. If Blue Whales Built Statues To Each Other They'd Be Smaller Then These.

I'm Often Amazed At The Way Politicians, Who Spend Hours Poring Over Opinion Poll Results In A Desperate Attempt To Discover What The Public Thinks, Are Certain They Know Precisely What God's Views Are On Everything.

The Formal Washington Dinner Party Has All The Spontaneity Of A Japanese Imperial Funeral.

Life Was So Much Simpler In Pre-video Days When Everyone Refused Invitations Because The 'forsyte Saga' Was On. Now We All Just Have A Long List Of Unwatched Shows, All Of Which, It Seems, Our Friends Are Raving About. I Feel As Outdated As If I Wore A Fair Isle Sweater, Ate Pot Noodle And Had A Two-bar Electric Fire In The Sitting Room.

Remember How Margaret Thatcher Came To Believe That Abroad Was More Important Than At Home? Didn't Do Her Much Good.