The Formal Washington Dinner Party

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

When I Was Collecting Material For A Political Gossip Column, And Someone Said Something Interesting, I Would Wait For Them To Add, "and I Don't Want To Read That In Your Magazine!" In Which Case I Wouldn't Use It. But If They Didn't Remember To Say It, I'd Nip Off To The Loo, Write The Story Up, Come Back And Change The Subject.

Canada Is Not So Much A Country As A Clothesline Nearly 4,000 Miles Long. St John's In Newfoundland Is Closer To Milan, Italy Than To Vancouver.

Poor Harper Seven Beckham, Having To Live With That Name All Her Life. It's The Boy Named Sue Syndrome; At The Very Least It Will Toughen Her Up.

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