A British lawyer would like to think of himself as part of that mysterious entity called The Law; an American lawyer would like a swimming pool and two houses.

I know of no wars started by anyone to impose lack of religion on someone else.

Seeing John Major govern the country is like watching Edward Scissorhands try to make balloon animals.

Reagan was a flesh and blood version of any other mute national emblem, say the Statue of Liberty. Everyone knows what she represents, but no one would dream of asking her opinion.

If you read the 'Daily Mail,' you would imagine that the British middle classes lead lives of unremitting misery.

Fish have water, the bushmen of the Kalahari have sand, and Houstonians have interior décor.

British diplomats who worked in Iran during the 1980 hostage crisis are deeply upset by Ben Affleck's Oscar-winning film 'Argo,' which suggests they refused shelter to the group who managed to get out of the U.S. embassy.