In Washington, Success Is Just A Training

Americans Are Fascinated By Their Own Love Of Shopping. This Does Not Make Them Unique. It's Just That They Have More To Buy Than Most Other People On The Planet. And It's Also An Affirmation Of Faith In Their Country.

When You Visit A Foreign City You Are In It, But Not Of It, Separated By A Glass Wall. Once, While A Student, I Was Getting Dressed In My Ground-floor Room When A Family Of Italians Crossed The Grass To Watch, As If I Were Laid On For Their Amusement And Instruction.

I Know Of No Wars Started By Anyone To Impose Lack Of Religion On Someone Else.

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.

I Also Learned To Play Fruit Ninja On An Ipad. It Is Quite Hypnotic, And I Hope One Day To Get Past 100 Points. I Remembered That David Cameron Admits To Being An Addict. I Wonder If It Helps Him In His Work. 'great, Just Destroyed A Pineapple! Reminds Me, Shall We Send Those Grenades To The Syrian Rebels?'